Women are equal, men are all noble heroes

This thread isn't exactly about incest, but it kind of relates because it deals with that whole "weird infatuation" thing, but it's mostly about something I noticed in society.<br><br>I'll start with something controversial - women are not equal to men. I'm not saying that because I don't want them to be equal, or that I wish they were discriminated against, I'm saying it because it's just not how it is right now. Women would have to be in higher positions of power and influence, and would have to be better leaders to be equal to men in the way that people would like to think.<br><br>I came to that conclusion after a few observations, and I'm sure I'm wrong, but it's just what I see. Now, as for the "men are all noble heroes" part, it's kind of real.<br><br>Most men will do most anything to protect something important to them. Women on the other hand.. Not equal. A lot of the time when they're involved in situations like that, they're equal or not as effective as men, or just straight up the "damsels in distress" we hear about all the time.<br><br>I'll get more specific here - the way parents are portrayed. Fathers typically are the providers, the ones who make a lot of the money and are the strongest, most masculine figures in the home. They love their children, and they're often put in an odd position in stories like this where they have to save their kids, because the worlds require a man who is capable of doing that. Like I said, women aren't equal, so it makes little to no sense for a mother to try to save her kids from a situation where the father could more easily and effectively save them, and in fact it makes more sense for the father to do so.<br><br>A really good example of this is the movie "Daddy's Home 2". There's a part in the movie where the kids are trapped in the sledding accident that the family has, and the grandfathers try to save them. The grandmothers try to do something, but they end up arguing and trashing the emergency vehicle, which makes the situation worse.<br><br>Another good example is in this really stupid movie called "Searching", which is really weird because it's on a computer the whole time. Anyways, it's about this asian boy who goes missing, and his father has to find him by searching his phone and computer and other stuff. It's honestly really boring.<br><br>Anyways, I was thinking about this when something else happened, that really made the way I think about our relationship very different. Yesterday was my mom's birthday, and my dad was trying to get her a card. He was trying to explain that he wanted a card equal to what he got her for valentines day, but she kept trying to tell him something else about valentines day, so he asked her what the card he got her for valentines day said on it. She said it said something about her being strong, and that she was the glue that held us together or something like that, and that she was basically the strongest person in the family and that he "could never be as strong as her."<br><br>I don't know exactly what he said to her in response, but I'm pretty sure it was something like "why do you have to be stronger than me? I'm supposed to be the strongest person in the family, not you."<br><br>I don't know exactly what happened after that, but I'm pretty sure she got pissed off about it, because she was definitely not as happy as she usually is on her birthday. I knew something was wrong when she didn't want to spend time with my dad, because they usually hang out together, even when it's just her birthday. I know she didn't like what he said, but she didn't say anything to him about it, even though she usually does if there's something wrong.<br><br>It's not like he said it in a weird way, he was just curious. He said it completely normally, and I'm pretty sure it was a genuine question. It's not like he was trying to insult her or anything like that. He was just trying to understand why she had to be stronger than him.<br><br>Weirdly enough, most of the cards he looked at were like that. They all had something about the mom or wife being the strongest person in the family, and that she was better than the man. I don't get it. It's just like the "women are equal" thing. I feel like they're trying to make them superior or something.<br><br>I don't know what kind of messed up point they're trying to make, but it's honestly really gross and kind of offensive to me. I feel like they're trying to say that it's not okay for a man to be the strongest person in the family, and that the women should be the ones in charge.<br><br>I don't know if that's true or not, but my dad's opinion on it is pretty much the same as mine. He said it's messed up and that that's the way it is with a lot of things nowadays. It's pretty messed up if you ask me.<br><br>Anyways, that's pretty much it. I thought I'd share since it was a pretty interesting observation, and I'd like to know what other people think about this kind of thing.