Superiority is too vague a term to measure. How do we judge superiority? On what grounds, and who exactly says? The only ultimate measure of superiority would be if women were better in every other aspect than men, which is eminently false. So women are more necessary to reproduce - so what? There is more to human existence than reproducing. They might both be rendered obsolete eventually.

The fact that the artificial sperm was developed before the artificial womb is not sufficient to deem the female sex superior.

*Superiority does not exist in terms of males vs. females. From the beginning, men have taken power and put woment into the subordinate position. While these days women are proving more and more their equality to men in aspects that the were once considered inferior, that doesn't mean that they are superior. People that take excessive pride in being better than those of the other sex (like a dominatrix or an alpha-male etc..) tend to be hardened to the world emotionally, and are therefore flawed and, in conclusion, not superior.

People in groups aren't uniform. There will always be exceptions - especially when dealing with gender, a large deal of which is to do with societal role, which can be changed by simply raising children differently, rather than actual genetics (genetics isn't THAT immutable any more). The only way to really measure superiority in a field is to measure the performance of individuals. and then who could we trust to make the test? whenever society has decided that one group of people as a whole is superior to another, it has resulted in oppression and even genocide.

This debate is of long standing and in my opinion completely unnecessary.We shouldn't question who is superior to whom because in the world both have their own respective roles to fill and in some aspects women are superior while in others men are.For e.g. men can't reproduce thus cannot be responsible for the continuity of our race.Similarly science says that men have more brute force and strength than women. Man and woman were made for co-existing, which shows that neither can be superior if one applies Darwin's theory of the 'survival of the fittest'.I imagine that since both genders have survived so far, both are equally fit.Remove one and the scales won't balance anymore and most likely lead to extinction of mankind rather than flourishing of one so-called 'superior' race.

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In response to the subjet of artifical spern and males being obselete allegedly. I will refer to the countless examples of medical breakthroughs that have proven detrimental to the human race in the past. As such, tampering in nature to potentially eliminate the necessity of one sex, is highly dangerious and while it might prove lucritive now. Nobody could predict the effects of using artifical sperm could have upon the human species in say one, two, or five generations.

As such, scientists have also developed ways to grow babies in tubes or an artifical womb if you prefer. As such, this type of claim is not founded, as things that appear wounderful today for humanity can prove to be out demise in the future. As it stands, this argument falls down to physical abilities of each sex without human interferance, and humans can cause further harm to society. Refer to Technological Determinism to observe effects on technology, a trait that extends far greater and more dangeriously to biological creatures we do not fully understand and may never completely understand in entirity.

On the other hand, boys are superior to females because the function of our brains to work on single objectives, and lack of various disharmonious hormones such as Progesterone, cause us to have a more stable outlook on the world. Mind you, as I am certain will be argued, this single objective nature does limit our creaitivty, it promotes our rationality.

Debate: Rationality > Instability. Males ARE more rational, whatever way ensue due to hormones and brain chemisty, and are therefore greater than instable female emotions caused by hormone mood swings.

*Females can give birth granted is one thing males can not do, however, females are also incapable of procreating on their own naturally. And therefore both sexes are required. Anything can in theory be done artifically, and as stated, this could be deterimental and is thereby circumstatial not evidence which should be the only grounded-theory in debate.

The men's arguments have had merit to them, but the women have argued they are better swimmers and drivers. Enough said.

Just because some men commit crimes doesn't mean that all of them do, and besides, there were lots of good men too. Cruella de Vils

Throughout history woman have never been able to match on the battlefield of the brain chess. There has only been one woman to play in men tournaments and win. However she is only one woman compared to the hundreds of men that have dominated the chess scene. Why if woman are better the men at everything can they not match them at the ultimate brain game. And it is no arguement to say that woman have not been able to match men due to gender discrimination against woman as a whole. To this I say in the past twenty years woman have been offered the same prospects as men but have never been able to match them. To quote Bobby Fischer one of the greatest chess players of all time when he was asked how good woman players are he said "oh they're terrible".

Let's face it, it's a dog eat dog world out there. However, males are at the very least equipped to fight back. Without males, the females who "single-handedly" created our species would not have survived long, as they would lack both food and security. The inventiveness of man and the protective instincts he feels towards both woman and child are what have ensured the survival of our species.

Fast forward to a time when people are living in cities, and the need for protection is no longer as acute. By their strength and their wits, it is of course men who rule, and women are at their mercy. Of course it is hard for females to admit that their gender is subordinate to ours, which is why the great gender equality project has started. However, this project isn't about having the genders recognised as equal - it is about women adopting the worst characteristics of men, while berating us for being what nature and our mothers made us.

When women accept themselves as they are and stop trying to emulate men, perhaps then they can start to talk about superiority. In the mean-time, men will continue to be the driving force behind human progress, and if you push it too far, you may just find we come to regret our tolerance and react the only way we - according to some of the female debaters - know how.

I think and after asking people this question "are women superior to men" most replied that we are simply equal and i can understand that only women can carry children so without them humans would die off but to create children you also need a man and God realised this- if God thought men were supperior why would he choose to create women?

Men need Women and Women need Men.

1. Because women have womb?

Alright, Men does not have womb but do you know that the womb will soon be obsolete as menopause comes and it stops functioning? That phenomena will not happen for men. As menopause came, women will tend to be forgetful and emotional.

Speaking of artificial sperms, The scientists have already developed artificial egg also which in other words, the existence of both fathers and mothers are no longer needed. This is moral ethics, women! Do not put this topic to strengthen the statement that women are more superior. Or perhaps the debate topic should be changed to "Have women lost their common sense?"

2. Better drivers?

There is a case in the US about a woman buying a hot drink in McDonald's drive through... and soon after she got the drink, on the way home, she hit the speed bump and the coffee spill out to her thigh. You know what happen if a hot drink get into your skin? This fact denies that women always drive carefully than men or perhaps, they already drive carefully and slowly but still not good enough.

If there are accident commited by men (so far as I concern in the West? Which I do not think so... Because in Indonesia, female make accident more than male), There are many reasons for that:

. More men than women driving thus, accident commited more by men.

. Drunk driving! Women do this a lot although in the West (less in Asia) I believe men also do this but usually nothing happen to the men.

. I do not what makes women think they are better drivers. So far as I concern, according to the statistic based on data compiled from police/highway patrol agencies across the country, 2/3 of accidents commited by women not men. It makes sense as men are more rational and women are more emotional. In the men's mind before they start speeding up, they have already got the calculation in mind that only in rare occasion may fail but still better than if the emotional that drives.

As a matter of fact, men learn quicker than women in any case but please notice do not compare abnormal man with genius woman.

3. Again, I do not know about men in the West but in Asia, men are physically and mentally stronger than women.

Men does not cry in front of public although they got pressure from their boss and from the pressure of their family (Children's school fee, living cost, etc). Women, tend to cry whenever they got pressure thus women take longer time than men to become that tough.

Physically? Not to mention... want to try?

4. Brain And Skills.

As what I mentioned above, one of the skills is driving. Okay, lets talk about the general concept. Driving can be considered as men's job as it is suitable better for men instead of women, no wonder if men are good at it.

Let's talk about beauty (women's favourite topic) There are more men that are skillful in hair dressing compare to women. Designers also. Cosmetics? Men develope it for women so women will not look that bad as they age. Cooking? There are more men chefs than women.

All of these facts shows that although people may say that women are better in IQ or whatever blah.. (although I think it may be just coincidence)

This should prove that men are better in any case. The idea of the world should be ruled by women is non-sense. There is no wonder that the fact is men controls the world, not women and will never ever happen without men's agreement.