It's odd how we men still dominate some businesses and get paid more, but in the western world the woman tends to have all the power of the children and can decide without consulting the other if the baby should even be born.
But the strangest thing is when you look around the world and you see which parent has the power, the child of the opposite sex can be subject to genital mutilation and it is not even an issue unless they leave that culture. I wonder if it is due to some sort of repressed anger toward the opposite sex.
That's definitely true! There's a lot of disparity in the U.S. that often doesn't get talked about.
The sad thing about circumcision is that a lot of times, parents don't even have a choice. I have read a shocking amount of stories where doctors did it anyways because it's assumed. It's pretty disgusting. After being educated about it, a lot of mothers have regret for having it done to their child.
I don't think it's repressed anger, though. People do it because of tradition, for the most part. More people are getting educated about it, though, so I think that's a step towards progress.