Comment by graemep

> Where exactly is the physical strength of males necessary in modern society?

Bricklayers? Much manual labour. Some women can do it, some men cannot, but far more men can do it than women.

> People with different skin colours have different resiliences to sun exposure, but just because the sun is a big part of our life doesn't mean we NEED to shape society around those biological differences.

We have very simple fixes for that - such as clothing and protective sun creams. The same does not apply to physical differences between men and women.

> I don't see why those biological features need to affect roles as much as (some) people seem to think they should.

Not as much as some people think they should. It really depends what specific views you are thinking of. There are important differences: for example, women do initially need more parental leave to recover from giving birth. I think its a good idea to give men as much, but with different timing. Pregnancy has huge physical effects for quite a long time.

It goes both ways too. There wold be real social advantages to having more men becoming nurses (which can benefit from physical strength) and teaching (so boys, especially disadvantaged boys, have male educated role models).