Gender power balance

Hi all,

On the way back from my very long debate training today (5 hours), I heard this on the radio, "A man is gay because of women. I mean, come on, how heavy is a handbag? When men carry it for women, their hormones go off balance." 

I know that many of you out there will go giggling away at the g-word, but seriously, this is cause of thought. There's this facebook post going around and its really very popular - its about how female and how male are you. Basically, there is this list of criteria, and all you have to do and see how many apply and convert it to percentage.

Are men servants of women? An impromptu answer would be a strong, "NO!", but then, consider it. Worker bees slave their lives off serving the queen bee. All worker ants want when they work is to mate with the queen ant. The lioness hunts the food, thus exerting some sort of control over the majestic lion. Are these signs of the fact that men are actually under the strict control of women?

A "non-animalistic" example is this - when a man falls in love with a woman and vice-versa, how many times do we see men proposing elopement? Practically none, for its the women that does that. To quote a very famous Chinese saying, men will "love a women till the earth cracks because of age". We don't see the opposite.

To conclude, till the 1900s, male chauvinism was rampant and we use "Man" to signify men and women. Today, however, I wonder: Is this simply a bully complex of the mind of men that men are weaker than women? I really wonder. 

Clarification: I am not a feminist. This is simply a casual thought. Do comment upon this article. 

Cheers,

Darrel