Maybe because a woman does deserve to be treated better than being treated as a man. Some of you men are rough on each other. And quite honestly, if I were to treated as if I where a man, I would be highly insulted.
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But honestly, if I say I want to be treated equally, it wouldn't be meaning to be treated as a man, but taken seriously, when I ask to be taken seriously. To really look at my qualifications, and not pass me over just because I'm a woman, (unless the job specifically requires a man to do the job, such as a prison guard in a men's institution). To be payed my worth, not my gender. On the flip side, there are some jobs that quite honestly, yes women need to be just as tough as men, and should be treated as such, if they want tho be in those positions and if they can't handle the pressure, then they need to leave, i.e.-firemen, doctors. (No one should lower standards to be met, just so a subsect can meet a set of substandards.)
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I do need to say though, that their are women, who unfortunately want everything the same as a man, but wants to be treated better a man, and for those, I don't blame you if you are disgusted by this comment.