Anna Quindlen On Equal Gender's?

Equal Gender’s? Growing up, we are taught that men should open the door for women, stand up when women walk into the room, and other long lasting traditions that show that men have respect for women. So why do women demand equality? Why should equality be presented to women, when men are also expected to treat women differently? Anna Quindlen was not so much focused on the equality of genders, but more so focused on the viewpoints that people have on women. As Quindlen discussed her opinion she mentioned a scene that her husband and son were questioning her reason for having an ‘onion’ in the bathroom. After she explained her reasoning, her husband and son had the same thought, “Mom. Weird. Women.” Quindlen described her anger but later reciprocated the thought, “Husband. Strange. Men.” It makes sense that this could cause anger between different genders, but we cannot really expect equality if we are looking at each other as if men and women were two different species. In a personal setting, I came across a scene where my brother and my mom were arguing about different driving techniques and when my brother gave up on arguing, one word came out of his mouth, “women.” I grew to be angered in a matter of seconds. How dare he? Not all women are like this. All men do this. As I
continued these thoughts, I soon remembered Quindlen’s reading. I realized how quick I was to judge all men just because of something that one man said. Women hardly realize how we treat men the same way that they treat us. We expect things from men, as they expect things from women. Equality is a tough matter to fix. Men play sports such as; basketball, baseball, soccer, etc. Women can also enjoy the female version of those sports. Women are not being treated differently, but their safety is taken into account so women do not play competitive sports with men. Some people will mistake that treatment as inequality. Well in simple words, people who think like that are fatuous. Yes, I admit that there are some cases where women are treated differently, but I suppose that there always will be. Even if ninety-nine percent of people improve on gender equality, there will be that one percent of people that will treat women differently. As men treat women differently, women commit the same actions towards men.
If women really want to accept the challenges from being equal with men, then we need to stop being so demanding of men. Stop expecting men to pay for dinner, hold the door open for women, and present women with things that exceed the female gender’s expectations. For women to be treated differently, women will have to reciprocate the actions for men. I personally believe that this matter has been well taken care of. I am not saying that things cannot improve, but I think that matters are good at their current state. The major question that women need to ask themselves is, do we really want complete
equality?