There exists no ''right'' to hit another human being, and where the law permits violence, such as acts of self-defense, it does not distinguish between the two genders.
That's true, I meant like it's socially acceptable for a woman to hit a man. I think a woman doesn't have to think twice about hitting a man because there is next to no chance that anything will happen to her because of it. If a man was to hit a woman he better think twice, because he can very well end up in much deeper trouble.
I don't have a source for you here either, but it's fairly obvious this is true.
If you could substantiate your remarks about women being ''taught to take the power'' with a source, I'd appreciate it.
I read an article about it in Macleans a few months ago. I can't seem to find it now. It's very easy to see this in real life though, I can see it in my own family. My sister has been told her whole life that she needs to go to university and get a good job, etc.
Not that that's a bad thing, but she's not planning on becoming a house wife. A lot of the girls around here are being really pushed into getting a great education and trying to get great jobs. It's not like people are telling boys to sit back, but I've hardly ever been pushed into that sort of thing, it's really stressed a lot less.
An example of boys being taught to share the power would be how a girl is allowed to play on the boys hockey team, like I said earlier.
If a female is equally, if not more, proficient in an endeavor than her male counterpart, why should she not qualify over the male for the position?
I was talking about youth sports there. Almost anywhere else I agree with you. If I were a boss and I had to choose between a man and a woman where the woman is even a slightly better worker/whatever I'm looking for, I'm choosing her.
The sports thing is a bit unfair though. Let's say you're trying out for a BOYS hockey team when suddenly a girl tries out for the team and is good enough to make it. What happens to the boy that would have otherwise made the team in her place? Does he play on the next best team? What if the next best team happens to be a girl's team? Does he play on that team? I really doubt it. So now the boy is playing a level far down where he doesn't have as good competition and can't develop his skills as well as he would have at the higher level. Meanwhile the girls team is unaffected, and better yet there is an extra spot for another girl to join and get even better, causing it even harder for the boy to get back to that higher-level boys team.