March Monthly Connection

For as long as anyone can remember, men and women have been treated in different ways. In some cases, it is intentionally, and in others subconsciously. No matter how much our modern society attempts to equalify the sexes, their actual treatment will remain divided.
In the book "A Room of One's Own," Virginia Woolf makes some interesting points about how women fit into society. One point that is made, is how women are the protected sex. She goes on to say that one day women will cease to be this. Although she made this prediction, it has yet to come true, and in my opinion, it most likely will not. This concept of women being the protected sex has been around for so long, that to break this pattern would be close to impossible.
Although women aren't protected to the extreme as they were during the time of Virginia Woolf, they are still protected. On a day to day basis, women are taught to be protected, and men are taught to protect the women. In many cities, such as New York City, many women will not walk the streets in certain areas without a man escorting them. Although, it is seen as a necessity for a man to be with a women when in a dangerous area, it's mostly because our society has taught us to behave in this way. If from the start of this world women were taught to defend themselves, protection of themselves would not be as great of a necessity.