What I suspected as a child and observed as a young woman, I now know for sure. The smartest woman is vastly superior to the smartest man. The average woman is smarter and more productive than the average man. Of course, this assertion means that many men are smarter than many women. This kind of talk is not acceptable within the perception shaped by hundreds of years to indoctrinate more than half the world's inhabitants... and give the security of perceived superiority to the rest.
Men are afraid of women's intelligence and power. (Way back, before "science," it was women's "magic" that scared them... the bleeding but not dying... the expulsion of babies...) Men who are not consciously aware of this passed-down fear have bought into the system created by their predecessors-- aided cleverly by the architects of the major religions, all of which evolved to rule women and other people without power-- to keep them in line so as not to ask difficult questions and stir up trouble. Man's religions create wealth and power and dismiss and obliterate the strength of women.
There are some terrific, enlightened males who have the intelligence to see women clearly, even as they desire them. Usually, there has been some substantial mentoring by a significant female in these men's lives. Sadly, even most of them keep quiet about their knowledge so as not to be kicked out of the macho club.
I'm thinking that women should stop worrying about men, have sex with themselves, other women, or even a few good men, and collect any sperm when/if necessary from a bank. Men may believe a penis is all powerful; but, truly, who needs it?
