Women measure; Men pleasure

A friend at work asked in passing as to why it was that women were judged mostly on their looks while men were given a more well rounded dealing.

In the course of time, it so happened, unfortunately, that men enjoyed a more celebrated status in human society. It was evolution's course that the alpha-male took over the tribe.

Hence, the best of males could fend for themselves and women, to them, merely turned into objects of selfish pleasure. They looked not for anything that would surpass the pleasure of their gluttonous senses.

Women, on the other hand, were dependent on their men for survival. Hence they went for a more complete package, one that started off as the strongest in the tribe, and has evolved into one that has the best standing in human society today - viz. money, power, fame etc. Iconoclasts quite frequently went unwed. It would also be of merit to note that bestselling authors quite frequently invoke these instincts to milk the feminine crowd off romantic novels with uncaring alpha-males.

In summing up, the selfishness of man and the subsequent vanity of women has dealt them a rather unidirectional judgement, while the dependence of women, and their generosity resultant, has given men a more holistic faring.

In today's times, when women are lifting the heavy thumbs that men have had on their lives for centuries, sweating it out, in the process, with men alike, I surely hope our standards of judgement shift favourably too.

I, for one, am more generous.