Natural to Unnatural (Nature and Balance I)

Equality is something I support heavily. I hope that there will be a day when all people look upon each other, whether they be female, male, white, black, of any religion or of any country and be able to talk as friends not foes. The balance in the world is something we have forgotten over time. When we first evolved, the differences between men and women (as far as I know) in terms of work was more a division of labor rather than a set of distinguished classes, each at a different level. Rank may or may not have existed between members of tribes, but I do not think it existed between the genders within the tribe. The division of labor, for example, women would take care of the children and cook while men would go hut, was (once again, as far as I know) probably because life seemed to balance itself out that way. I don't think there were any rules against women going hunting or men taking care of children and cooking but no one questioned it because no one cared. It was not an issue of social pride or of status. However, in the modern world, as we have come to the economic age that we are in today, we no longer have this natural balance. I believe that this is due almost entirely to the fact that the world is no longer natural. Our lives are governed by the economy, not by the essentials to life. We no longer use our minds to figure out the best way to stalk and run an animal to death, but to look at the stocks and run opposing companies to the ground. Instead of becoming more competitive with other species, we have turned upon ourselves. In "The End of Men" by Hanna Rosin, a lot of emphasis is given to how we are already moving past the stage where men and women are equal and that many more women have been acquiring high ranking spots in companies and that more of them have been graduating from college. I personally am indifferent to this fact, but look more broadly to the fact that we are fighting ourselves. All this competitiveness has come between our genders because a long time ago some guy found some shiny yellow metal and was struck by greed. When he had the gold, he had the power because everyone else wanted it too. He decided what to do for the next few hundred years. And now, women have found the stash of gold and are raiding it. However, as much as I do support equal rights, I do not think revenge is the right way. If revenge is taken, then there will be a series of wars back and forth till the end of time.