By Jude Miguel Francis Tady
Long time before and until now we look at women different from men, that they are considered to be secondary in the human estate. This idea about women can also be seen in the creation story in the bible where Eve is created from Adam; she was created from the rib of a man. And this, in some sense, makes her little less than Adam. But does it really seem to be understood like this? Some would blame, direct or connect it to the feminity of women. Women are known to be weaker than men, that they let their own emotions rule over their own selves, and cannot stand alone when faced to pain and struggles in life. The state of being of women is lower than the state of being of men.
To think much deeper, women and men are alike. They are both Homo sapiens, they have the capacity to reason out. Their differences only occur in their physic, but considering that they are both humans; they are truly the same. They are both considerable to be embodied-spirits.
Nowadays, the “I-do’s” of men are already “I-do’s” of women, or, in another sense, the “I-do’s” of women are already “I-do’s” of men. For instance, women can already go to work, jobs alike of men and on the other side, men can already do the house hold chores; washing the dishes and the clothes, taking care of the children, cleaning the house, and other things that a typical house wife does. All these things that they do don’t affect their being human. They are just taking responsibilities, nothing serious.
Knowing the sameness of both parties, make their essence of existence the same – no overpowering the other. But it is still true that the physical being of a woman is not that strong as of a man. Therefore, we tend to look at women as lesser than men.
Philo Notes 