Bad Choosers
The tired cliché has rung throughout the halls of maternity wards and law firms for
years. 'The Battle of the Sexes' as it is called; the everlasting struggle for supremacy
among men and women. However, in the wider scope of events, how easy one's life is
would ideally be more important than how supreme one is. Just ask Colin Powell or
maybe even a reincarnate Kurt Cobain. It does not matter much if you're the top dog if
your a top dog with an uncomfortable life. Maybe the important conflict is not which is
superior, but rather which gender proceeds through life more easily. The question remains
then: Which?
It would be impossible here, given the talents of even this writer, to name a clear
victor. Scholars and philosophers for years have attempted to do so, yet no gender has
ever been definitely identified. However, the clear victor here should be the female.
From
start to finish, with a layover at child birth, women tend to live easier lives. Men run the
government. Men go to war. Men encounter more obligation inside and out of the
family.
When looking at specific instances, life may equally challenge the two. Both must
acquire food. It is noteworthy that men generally eat more than women. United States
law mandates that both complete a certain amount of schooling. Both must toil through
the identity crisis of adolescence, followed by the mid-life crisis of aging, and lastly, the
mortality crisis in their elder years. There is a great possibility that both must appropriate
wealth, provided they are not substinence farmers living in some foreign country that does
not tax (In which case, the man would slave away in the fields from dusk until dawn while
the woman would wash a dish, tie...