Biology/Ideology

Men and women are identified by their biology, but defined by ideology. You can classify a human being into male or female by their body chemistry relatively easily. Differences in anatomy extend beyond chromosomes or reproductive organs. From bone and muscle composition down to hormone levels men and women are clearly unique. However, the connotation of this label has been developed over many years. It seems controversially unclear as to how the ideologies came to be, yet there are distinct opinions as to what makes a woman and what makes a man. These ideologies have forced one gender to gain supremacy over the other, that is, one is perceived to be better than the other and that is man. This should come as no surprise. When two subjects are compared against each other for so long, the population is naturally going to attempt to determine which is better. Equality in perception cannot exists. "Separate but equal is inherently unequal." Eventually men came out on top as the better half of the species and gained that connotation to its name. However, no biological winner can be determined between the genders based on survival due to the dependency on each other for reproduction.