Posted by
John Ostrowski on Monday, March 26, 2007 11:04:02 AM
Research in Sweden shows a correlation between ill health and males-female parity:
Now researchers have found that parity betwen the sexes may be bad for your health.
A study in Sweden, arguably one of the most egalitarian countries in the world, discovered that men and women who are equal are more likely to suffer illness or disability.
Those who earn the same are also more likely to become unwell or suffer a disability.
People who have management jobs, male or female, were also found to die younger than those with a less pressured lifestyle.
Scientists looked at both public and private sector workers. They used nine indicators of equality, including the proportion of men and women in management jobs and average income.
These were related to local figures for life expectancy, disability and absence from work through ill health. The study compared data from all of Sweden's 290 municipalities.
The feminists and feminist apologists are quick to hypothesize (as the story shows) that the problem isn't equality, but that true equality between the sexes still hasn't been reached. Some are suggesting that the ill health effects are simply part of the transitional process from a traditional society to an egalitarian one (with regards to gender roles).
Or, the truth of the matter may be that men and women are not meant to function outside of certain gender roles. Clearly, men and women are wired differently (this obvious fact manifests itself most clearly in terms of physical differences), and it is not unreasonable to conclude that we are meant for different things in life. Feminists and their allied scientists have been denying this fact for some time now. Who said science wasn't driven by ideology?