Unnatural Equality

WOMEN IN HISTORY AND TODAY equality has done more to degrade her than any traditional view could have done. What is the reason, then, for this state of affairs? The reason, to put it briefly, is the erroneous concept of sexual equality held in Western countries. Even the equality that allegedly exists between men, which we tend to take for granted, needs careful examination. Let us suppose that equality truly exists between one man and another. We should then be able to take an Einstein, put him in the boxing ring with the world heavyweight champion, and expect him to last at least for several rounds. We should also expect the boxer to be able to hold his own while presiding over international scientific conferences. This may seem laughable, but that is what absolute equality would mean. Obviously, there are degrees of equality and different varieties of equality, just as there are degrees and kinds of excellence. When we want an accurate picture of equality, we have to think in terms of status and not the workplace. Equality does not mean that the president should be interchangeable with the dustman. Instead, it means that every man should be looked upon with the same respect and should be able to expect the same treatment, legally and morally. The error into which the West has so lamentably fallen is its attempt to establish an unnatural equality of the workplace for men and women. The result is as might have been expected: the greatest inequality in human history has developed between men and women. If men and women are of two different sexes, they were created to serve separate