I think that men and women should be treated as equal in everything except the three female spheres of activity of being pregnant, giving birth and breast feeding.
But I think that there are subtle differences in abilities and tendencies between men and women such as a slight tendency for women to be more empathetic than men.
Overall, empathy is also a very common quality in men, but, as a man who was a midwife for 30 years, my life experience has been to see a little more empathy in women than in men.
To me there is an emotional beauty in the way that the Fitzroy footballer pictured below celebrates a goal by a teammate in a grand final played last year that you wouldn’t see as often in a male player.
Women tend to be better at expressing this sort of joy than men are.
Our culture teaches men to hide emotions not to let them out.
Do women bring more joy to the game of football or is that joy gender neutral?
Is women’s football more fun?
I look forward to respectful and open discussion of my ideas with anyone anywhere who loves sport and the non-dogmatic pursuit of truth and fun.
Geoff Fox, 16th May, 2025, Melbourne, Australia
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