Who’s better at what? Who’s better than whom? Men or women? We have been trying to answer these questions since the very inception of gender or sex probably. But let us think over it for a second. Do we really need to stress over this after all? All these apparent differences are either externally induced through societal norms or else biological. Yes, some might argue that men are physically stronger than women or women are overall more versatile than men. But these variations in the skill sets are merely acquired and subjective.
When people say men can deadlift a 1000 pounds but women can never come close to achieve this, they forget one thing that such comparisons are not fair. What may be fair to compare is the weight to strength ratio and surely women won’t lag behind in that. This is just an example. This is prevalent in all the cases where such comparisons are made. We must not forget that when and if at all comparisons are made, the parameters must be fair. Unfair parameters lead to establishing illusionary beliefs. It’s like comparing the weight of one person on earth with another person of similar size on moon and thus declaring that the person earth is heavier.
Skills and talent have always been and will always be subjective to a person and not to a gender. Men can become exceptional cooks while women can become successful powerlifters. There’s no such bar on gender. Somewhere, a certain ‘Ronak’ can become a supremely successful investment banker and there are exactly equal chances of that certain ‘Ronak’ being a ‘he’ or a ‘she’.
Thus, it is the society’s misconception that women can’t play cricket as well as the men do and it is because of this misconception that women’s cricket in India isn’t as much popular. We have always had the tendency to establish stereotypes no matter how much the times change. Once moulded in a particular role, the society expects that gender to pursue it forever. It doesn’t take the breaking of its shackles quite sportingly enough and the entire concept of individualism goes down the drain. This tendency of our society is apparently against nature in a way, and nothing has come out good when we have tried to oppose the course of nature. Thus, it shouldn’t be acknowledged that men are better at some things than women, and vice versa.