IS it possible for Man to do Women's work and vice Versa?

India
September 23, 2011 4:42am CST
These are days of liberal thoughts and life styles.Women wear dresses originally designed for men and go out for work to supplement their income.Living a financially independent life is the aim of women.Men are not to be left behind. Men sporting ear rings and bracelets are not uncommon.Some even grow long hair like women.There are men who look after the kitchen and also their kids while women go to offices.Is it really possible to interchange our duties and responsibilities? Didn't nature create man and women with a specific purpose?Men with more physical strength were assigned work that suited their physical superiority while women who are emotionally superior were assigned to the work of looking after the home and kids. Who are we to change this rule of nature??
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@jdyrj777 (6528)
• United States
24 Sep 11
Its very possible and is actually being done already. Its a good thing too because we have many single moms in the world that need the better paying jobs. Get over the male is stronger idea. There are female weight lifters that can lift more than some males i know.
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@jdyrj777 (6528)
• United States
25 Sep 11
There are as many stronge females in the world as there are weak males.
• India
25 Sep 11
There can be exceptions. But generally there is less scope for interchanging or encroaching each others domain of work. Quality of work and efficiency is bound to suffer.
@umabharti (3972)
• India
23 Sep 11
i would lik to say one thing ,there are living beings ,one is called male and other female,may be according to their physical appearance. Some men have the heart which is full of emotions and some females are having a strong heart ,it depends on the way they are living and how they are from their inner self. Why cant a man do works of women and why cant a women do the jobs of a man.They can share everything.They if understand each other can go very well. The main thing is their family ,how to bring up and how to live ahppily in the world.This is the main theme .
@sharra1 (6340)
• Australia
25 Sep 11
preethaanju the only reason nursing is more female than male is traditional. In the days when women were not allowed to be doctors the only medical work they could do was nursing, so it became classified as a female job. Male nurses were assigned to mental hospitals because they were stronger. In medical hospitals there was a great deal of antipathy to men being nurses when women were not allowed into uni to study medicine. They feared losing their jobs to men. Now that they are able to do medicine it is no longer an issue and the stigma of it being a girlie job for men is also changing. Nothing to do with nature, everything to do with patriarchal or male dominated society. You confuse patriarchy and tradition with what you call nature. If nature meant this to happen there would not be species where the male cares for the baby while the women go hunting but there are such species.
• India
24 Sep 11
YEs both men and women can do each other's work. But my point is will there be perfection when duties are exchangedif that been so why do certain jobs require female more than men and vice versa.Nursing is dominated by women and army by men
@umabharti (3972)
• India
25 Sep 11
Women are having that soft heart not like man, a man is strong in heart not as tender as a women,he does hav feelings however not that emotional as a lady Some women are like men means they have strong or hard heart.As u said nursing is a traditional job may be that can also be one of the reasons why now a days we dont find men as nurses,they are compounders who look after when the doctor is not availble or for some small things. Men and military as tat is again a killing or fighting process.Women are like flowers and men are like thorns.So a flower should do its job and a thorn should do its own job,everyone have their own importance and significance in this world.
@sharra1 (6340)
• Australia
25 Sep 11
There is no such rule of nature. Every species handles it differently. We were certainly not created for any specific purpose. The only thing that is not interchangeable is the production of offspring and we both play a role in that. As to the old argument that men are stronger than women, yes they are. Does that mean that women cannot do the same things as men, no. There are strong women and weak men just as there are strong men and weak women. Not all men or women can do the same jobs. The jobs they do is based on their intelligence and their desires, not their gender. For years men have claimed that women have to stay in the home because they cannot do the same jobs as men. They blocked them from studying the trades, they harassed the women who joined the armed forces. The truth is that some women can do the same jobs as men and some lots of men are quite able to do household work. If they did not then how would single men manage a household? They are capable of washing dishes and cleaning floors. It is not a gender thing at all. It was patriarchal men who wanted to keep women as subservient who locked the women in the home and forbid them from doing men's work, which was every job outside of the house. It was NOT nature, just men who wanted to be in control of everything.
• India
25 Sep 11
YEs men and women can interchange jobs and nobody can stop them from encroaching upon other's domain.But the point is will the output be of the same quality.I doubt it will.Men and women are born with strengths and weaknesses. Men's strength could be women's weakness and vice versa. Nature may not have expressly demarcated work for men and women.But its implied from our physical and emotional disparity
@epicure35 (2814)
• United States
25 Sep 11
It was God who created us male and female. He also assigned duties, purposes and responsibilities to both sexes. I do not think that in specific cases and on an as need basis that God would be angry if a woman went to work and her husband stayed home to nurture and protect his family. However, you are correct in assuming that physical superiority and broad shoulders more suits men for certain tasks and that emotional strength and nurturing is more in the domain of the women. Whenever we decide to ignore God's order for things and go our own way, the result is problems we create for ourselves, including division between the parents and thus family problems for the children as well.
• India
25 Sep 11
you have hot the nail.Nature has given us enough implied indications that certain jobs are meant for men and certain others for women. If we choose to ingore this then as you say, there is only problems in the waiting
@epicure35 (2814)
• United States
25 Sep 11
Thanks for your excellent discussion. When political ideas, like "flaming feminism" get in the way, it sets up a "battle of the sexes" and homes get out of order. You see, it's God's order that is important. When we choose to go our own way, we then eat the fruit of our own devices. Marriage relationships were not created to be a contest of wills or a competition, but a cooperative synthesis of two wills serving as one, with compromise and mutual submission as axiomatic.
@megamatt (14291)
• United States
25 Sep 11
Well naturally it is possible. Anything is possible. What was once decided to be most impossible has been decided to be even more possible these days. Of course should they? Well that really does depend on the type of work. And also the person doing the work. There are times where work is classified as such for a pretty good reason. Or maybe not a good reason but a reason nevertheless. Still the gender lines are becoming more and more blurred than they were in the past. There are going to be a lot of crossover and sharing of responsibilities in certain fields. The state of the game has changed in many ways, even though certain things remain the same. It is not an easy situation and there is no "yes" or "no" answer one hundred percent across the board.
• India
25 Sep 11
The blurring of the gender lines is perhaps one of the reason for most of todays problems. With women going for work and no body to take of kids,families are breaking apart.Men by force are made to cook and this has led to discord in the family.We must do work that commensurate to our strengths and weaknesses
• India
23 Sep 11
I think woman can do work which men do and it has been prove . now woman's go out from their house for work but yet men haven't prove that, and if they are said to do so, i don't think they can do it because working for 8 to 10 hours they get tied they donot need anyone to distrub and many a thing are there but same if woman after coming from work she do all the work in house and after that prepares food for all so i think It is impossible for man to o women's work which they do
@sharra1 (6340)
• Australia
25 Sep 11
On that argument one has to ask why the male police officers need help? The answer is that it often takes more than one person to do a task and police officers ususally travel in pairs for protection. If the woman was not able to do the job she would not have passed the extremely tough police training school.
• India
23 Sep 11
Merely doing something to prove that women are equal to men is not enough. The output must match men in terms of quality and efficiency.I have seen many times that a lady police officer is very often assisted by male colleagues.If she was just as competent then why take the help of males??
@maximax8 (31044)
• United Kingdom
23 Sep 11
When I was at further education I had a female friend that was studying engineering. That is a very male like job. Not many ladies work as an engineer. Men can work as builders, plumbers or firemen. Whilst some men are nurses most nursing staff are ladies. One man working in a maternity unit in a hospital found people imagined he was a consultant. A minority of men take care of their children at home. Such a man might look after the kitchen and do plenty of cooking. That sort of man is called a house husband and his wife works outside the home. On a program called Nanny 911 there was a family and the dad worked on the ground floor. The mom taught there six children at home. A man could have one ear pierced and that would be normal. Some men like to have long hair and that is acceptable in today's society. Ladies do not have the physical strength as the men do. A lady is emotional and homely so ideal for bringing up kids. Is is interesting when a man does a woman's work and a lady copes doing man's work. Painting and decorating would be easier then a lady becoming an engineer.
• India
24 Sep 11
Yes you seem to agree with me that both men and women are empowered differently when it comes to handling work.As you said most nurses are women.Male nurses just dont have the same patience and efficiency to handle patients. Also men are not temperamentally suited for that kind of a job.
@derek_a (10873)
24 Sep 11
Yes, I would say that it is more than possible to do women's work as a man and vice-versa. Maybe some training would be needed, but that is true with most jobs. I do housework and cooking, and my wife sometimes does some painting around the house. _Derek
• India
24 Sep 11
Doing is different and doing it to perfection is another matter.According to a survey most of the world's best drivers are men.Most of the fighter pilots are men.Only a women can become a mother in the real sense and provide the kid with her tender love and care.I have cited these example to prove that nature has ear marked certain jobs for men and women.Only they can do it to perfection.
• Kottayam, India
24 Sep 11
it is understandable that we are human beings as such we are one.but man & woman has different body shapes and metabolism. there are certain areas both differ.
• India
24 Sep 11
Yes the sooner we understand this the better, Nature has made both men and women to work,think and do things differently. we with our limited power of our brain try to prove the impossible
• Philippines
23 Sep 11
Who sets the rules? is there a change and is there an applicable rule to this? of course we do believe in equal opportunity and both genders can do whatever they want. It is only an issue of how couples these days accept the fact that life these days are hard and both should work together in order to meet both ends. Although I just don't like that idea of men wearing jewelries for women and especially makeup . I also don't accept the idea of women to hen pecked their husbands because wives should be submissive and loving their husband as husbands should also do the same. God created us with a purpose, not the nature. Nature can never be a creator, only God! so the one that gave us a purpose to live by and has set a standard is God, not nature. So we should live our standards based on the Word of God which is His law and not because humanity just wanted to.
• India
23 Sep 11
Nature has set an implied rule for us to follow.Can a man take care of the kids with same patience and tenderness as women?Why are women workers preferred in Coffee and tea plantations?Women act as backbones of a family in times of crisis.I have often see lady police officers are assisted by male colleagues.If she was just as capable as the male then why need a male support?Women generally are discouraged from operating in the front lines during wars and in combat zones.The truth that behind every successful men is a women is pertinent here. She being emotionally strong and superior acts a strong support for her man. Men get demoralized soon. But not women
@ybong007 (6643)
• Philippines
24 Sep 11
Maybe creation designed men to be stronger to protect the women from danger and women to bore men their children. At the earlier part of evolution, it's Man versus nature so our body designs benefited humans to survive. However in these present times, the battle is more on how advanced your knowledge is and not on the bulk of ones muscles. Today, a nerd has more chances of career advancement than someone who has well built body but no education. Today, it makes more sense to develop your brain than just develop your muscles because if you have the brains you will find ways to make other people's muscles work for you.
• India
24 Sep 11
Whether we develop our mind power or muscles men are men and women are women.We just cannot take over or exchange each others duties,jobs or responsibilities.We can do it as a matter of challenge. But sooner than later its ill effect is bound to get revealed
@alberello (4752)
• Italy
23 Sep 11
But you know I think today the world is a bit vague, I believe that certain customary traditions are maintained, then there are several exceptions that are characterizing the world in some way not completely positive.
• India
23 Sep 11
The world is vague,no doubt, but the attitude of people is even more intriguing.Today there is a competition to establish gender equality. In the pursuit of this aim both men and mostly women are encroaching upon each others area of work. This will create a superficial feeling of achievement. But its only to satiate our ego. Men and women have clear cut responsibilities imposed on us by nature. This is implied from the physical and mental state of men and women.men are good at something while women are good at some others
• Philippines
23 Sep 11
of course! In this changing world, it is not anymore impossible for men to do things what women can do and vice versa.. Well, it is indeed a new generation now,, where unexpected things happen. It only indicates that people are really exploring their capabilities to make life exciting everyday we live. Its also amazing how men and women can do things that are beyond their known strengths..
• India
23 Sep 11
This urge to prove that both men and women are equal is ill conceived.One must realize that those who are looking to change this implied law of nature is merely fooling themselves.In reality its not possible to attain the same quality and efficiency in work when one encroaches the area of work of another
@hamzas (9)
23 Sep 11
Preethaanju in the last you have written that who are we to change the rule of nature .This is the main point that we just a tiny creature can how dare to change the rules of the OWNER of this world who has made everything just perfect and we with a limited brain arises that we are we and we are going to bring a change . No one can do that but rather everyone try to bring a change in life in such a way that he or she called it the change in world . Its just their wrong belief and they are making fool themselves by them own .
• India
24 Sep 11
Yes i was forced to add those lines just to underline the truth that today both women and men are out to disprove that they can achieve anything.Its not possible because nature does not want that to happen.If nature wanted us to live that way, then there wouldn't have been so much disparity in our physical,emotional and temperamental prowess
• Australia
28 Sep 11
I am going to disagree almost entirely with your argument. It is not a matter or nature, it is a matter of social construct. men have rules for 5000 years, and in that time stupid people have taken the obvious fact that a majority of men are big and strong and suited to work that requires those attributes, and that the majority of women are smaller and more agile and best suited to different style of work to mean that ALL men and women are like this. It is not even a large najority. Physical attributes certainly can impact on what work we are each capable of, but those physical attributes are not exclusively male or exclusively female. Some women are big and strong and quite capable of doing most things men can do, including fighting in wars. Many men are delicate and gentle, and can deal with any of the so-called female jobs equally well. Some of the world's top scientists and mathematicians are women; most of the world's great chefs are male. What one is capable of doing has nothing to do with gender (except bearing children, of course) and everything to do with our natural, individual genetic makeup. The differentiation between the genders is almost entirely a social construct that has no basis in fact. Lash
@shibham (16977)
• India
23 Sep 11
hahaha... you have made me nostalgic... We read a poem in class four titled as "vice versa".... and there an old couple exchanged their daily stuffs for a day being challenged and in the evening both realized that its hard to finish the work of an opposite gender. Will share the translation of that poem later on. Have a nice time.
• India
23 Sep 11
So i brought back some old memories?? haha personally i think both men and women are created for different purposes.People will argue that both can interchange their work. But my point is who will do the job well
• Philippines
23 Sep 11
Sometimes necessity calls for such exchange of duties. If the husband suffer a disability, the woman does the man's work, and the same if the woman has disability.
• India
23 Sep 11
Women these days are out to prove that they are equal to men. They are undertaking such tasks that doesn't suit them given their physical shortcomings. Yes in emergency situations there is a compulsion to interchange jobs. But in normal circumstances its not possible to attain the same output in terms of quality and efficiency when work is encroached
@aghiuta (525)
• Canada
25 Sep 11
Absolutely! I am talking about work! Now there are no more gender specific jobs.Or at least there should not be.Unfortunately there is plenty of prejudice in the world,but slowly we go forward. I saw somebody post an answer talking about men not being able to give birth...That is not what the subject is!we are not talking about things that are biologicaly impossible,but work,be it a job,house work,or parenting.It is called evolution,progress....otherwise we would be still in the stone age.
@pahak627 (4815)
• Philippines
23 Sep 11
That is possible only pertaining to physical work but not in the natural aspects such as being pregnant, men can never be pregnant. There are lots of stay at home dads in our country nowadays while their wives are working for the family...
• India
23 Sep 11
Recently i read that a man in Britain was pregnant.haha. So everything seems possible in this kaliyug.yes you are right. Men cant bear kids naturally that is.Even with regards to physical work,there will be a lot of qualitative difference.