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Originally Posted by TurquoiseXx
This topic is pretty subjective. I would like to say that it's a male dominated society, but women are more dominant, or should I say, have a higher advantage than men under certain circumstances (not always).
Two examples: Women (in general) are the ones who get primary custody of their children after a divorce is settled (oh, and they get a heck of a lotta money that's not even theirs most of the time). If a woman gets physically aggressive with a man, and the man retaliates, he is the one who gets punished first.
Men are definitely more respected as a whole, but a woman can do far more damage if she decided to use the laws in this country to her own advantage.
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The interesting thing about most of the advantages that women have in our society is that those advantages are indirect results of stereotypes imposed on women by men. Women usually are awarded custody of the children because it is believed that a woman's place is in the home, taking care of the children . You rarely hear about domestic abuse cases where women are the abusers because it is the stereotype that women are weaker than men and cannot possibly inflict any significant injury to a man.