In an ideal society, the contributions would be equal, I'd say. Women who bear and raise children make a tremendous contribution impossible to quantify. Men, on the other hand, build the material world, keep it running, and defend it. Today, too few women bother to have children or devote themselves to raising them well (and I say this as a woman who never had children, so I did not do my part and I admit that).
I agree that most womens primary contribution will probably be their children.
However, there have always been women who didn't have children and who opted towards other paths. I'm thinking of nuns and such. Hildegard von Bingen comes to mind. I also think that fathering should be emphasized as one of men's contribution, seeing as how fatherlessness is deleterious to society.
In an ideal society, the contributions would be equal, I'd say. Women who bear and raise children make a tremendous contribution impossible to quantify. Men, on the other hand, build the material world, keep it running, and defend it. Today, too few women bother to have children or devote themselves to raising them well (and I say this as a woman who never had children, so I did not do my part and I admit that).
I agree that most womens primary contribution will probably be their children.
However, there have always been women who didn't have children and who opted towards other paths. I'm thinking of nuns and such. Hildegard von Bingen comes to mind. I also think that fathering should be emphasized as one of men's contribution, seeing as how fatherlessness is deleterious to society.
But yes, I pretty much agree.