Attitudes 100 years since women's suffrage

[donathos]

With respect to these kinds of discussions, I often find that there are two kinds of "problems" (in quotes, because I don't agree that both are truly problematic):

Problem Type 1 is where women are discriminated against, by law, such that they cannot do something. For instance, imagine a law that says that "women cannot hop on one foot."

Problem Type 2 is where women choose, or do not choose, to do something. For instance, imagine that women are allowed to hop on one foot... and then we find that they do not do it, regardless.

I am all for addressing and resolving Problem Type 1, but I do not believe that Problem Type 2 is actually a problem.

I do not know to what extent perceived sexual differences are based in biology or are "socially constructed" as gender, etc., and I've seen enough argument over the years to conclude that this is not yet settled science. Regardless, we all face social pressure to do things or not to do things, to be certain ways, avoid others, and it is the role of an individual to assess such things and plot their own course, accordingly. So long as women are free to pursue whatsoever they'd like, live howsoever they'd like -- as they absolutely should be -- then I don't think we are further qualified to determine what they ought to pursue or how they ought to live, or what choices are good or bad for them to make. The only person so empowered in every case, in every unique situation, is the individual woman herself, who needs to live with the results.