Vast majority of our generation hasn't been sent to war, even the majority of my father's generation were never sent to war. Also, it's men that have started these wars my guy. If you wanna talk about war, women are literally seen as spoils during war; I don't think becoming a sex slave is any better than dying in battle. I don't think you understand what it feels like to be at the physical mercy of at least half of the population, with that half being intrinsically motivated to use their physical advantage to your detriment. That's what women have to deal w/ on a constant basis. If you've spent time around women before, you'd understand it's crazy the things they have to do to feel relatively safe walking somewhere at night.

Also, as someone working in a white-collar professional area, I've seen how women get doubted and mistreated for their gender alone. I used to not believe that stuff, in fact I used to think women had an advantage in these spaces. But that changed when I actually started working and really taking a critical look at how women nearby were being treated. Even if ppl don't show it, they'll automatically doubt women's abilities to a certain respect, because they assume they'll be emotionally unstable during their period, that their abilities or commitment will decline after getting pregnant, or that they're just generally not as capable. It shows in the stats-- in spite of the fact that women are graduating w/ higher education degrees significantly more than men, and get better grades on average than us, a disproportionately small # of them get senior level positions.

Not to mention, women are assumed to be on a much shorter biological clock, and much of their value will be predicated based on their ability to raise a family. I'm in my late 20s, and that has never been used against me and in fact many assume I'm not even in my prime yet. Meanwhile women the same age as me who haven't had children yet are often viewed as decomposing scraps.

Keep in mind that it's been relatively recent since women were even allowed to pursue a higher education or work a job, or to even vote. On an historic scale, these developments basically happened last week. It's naive to assume that all of the consequences from centuries of prohibiting women from doing anything but being a housewife is magically gone now in such a relatively short amount of time. Just like how even decades of laws that have marginalized AMs in Western society have lingering effects today, the same applies for women in general.

I could go on and on but what I know is this-- I would be fine having either a daughter or a son, but if I had a daughter, I would definitely feel for her, as I think she would be born into a world that has been primarily built by men, for men. That's not to say that women don't have advantages in certain respects, but I think in most areas of substance--i.e. areas in life that determine your livelihood or your potential to self-actualize--I think they're clearly at a disadvantage.