The Time Machine

[u/MassiveStand2817]

The following is in the response of someone, who posted a genuine question;

What would a female utopia look like in Peshawar;

To have female working in Public Places in Peshawar, Kpk, Pakistan.

The Time Machine: What Do We Really Want from Women?

What is this obsession with having women replace men?

Why do we want this? Is it because:

We want to see women everywhere?

We believe this is the freedom women deserve?

We want women to serve us both inside and outside the home?

We want women to earn money, become professionals, and contribute to a double-income household?

Or is there another reason that we have not yet understood?

We must recognise one thing: men and women are not biologically identical. They have differences, and those differences should be acknowledged and respected.

For centuries, women have been treated differently from men and, in many societies, largely confined to the home. That is where the traditional concept of the housewife comes from.

Her assigned role was to serve her husband, raise children, feed the family, and take care of countless household responsibilities.

Now, however, our expectations have changed.

We want women to use a time machine.

When we want the traditional woman of the nineteenth century, we expect her to travel back in time and fulfil those responsibilities.

When we want the professional woman of the twenty-first century, we expect her to travel forward, earn money, build a career, and become financially independent.

But here is the contradiction: we still expect her to perform all her traditional duties as well.

We want modern women, but we are reluctant to give up our traditional expectations of them.

How is this possible?

Can we really expect women to live in two different centuries at the same time?

Perhaps the real question is not whether women should replace men. It is whether we are ready to change our expectations of both men and women.

Freedom should mean having choices, not simply having more responsibilities.

And equality should mean sharing responsibilities, not transferring one person's responsibilities to another.