A Big Fat Lie
During the early days of civilization the population was less, hence there was less division among the mass. Neither there was caste system on the basis of profession nor there was division on the basis of religious gurus; that time the only division was on the basis of visible and evident difference - gender. There were two groups - male and female. While females were physically weak, they had the power to reproduce; males lacked this power but they were physically strong, much stronger than a female. One day one of the males overheard the conversation between two females, one of them were saying - " You know what we are more powerful as we can produce, without us human race cannot exist." The other female said "But you would agree with me that without a male's contribution this is not possible!" The first woman said - "Yes of course my dear, but dont forget that we are the ones who carry the baby for several months inside us. Without this t...