Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better!

All human beings—male and female—are created in the image of God. Each is a beloved spirit son or daughter of heavenly parents, and, as such, each has a divine nature and destiny. Gender is an essential characteristic of individual premortal, mortal, and eternal identity and purpose.

 -The Family: A Proclamation to the World

         Men and women are different! Those are the cold hard facts! We each have a divine nature about us. Men were created to fill a different role than women. Men are to provide and protect their families while women are to nurture and care for children. The nature of men makes them better suited to provide for and protect. While the nature of women makes them better suited to nurture and care for children. Now this does not mean that men can't nurture and that women can't provide. They can! There are many stay-at-home dads and working mothers! I just said better suited not the only one who can do the job. Men are generally (usually but not always) better able to focus on one thing at a time and are better at spacial orientation. (That's why they're so good at sports and video games.) Women generally (usually but not always) are more emotional and are better at articulating words for communicating. (That's why they can respond to a baby's needs automatically.) This is mostly due to the fact that our brains are run by different hormones. Men have more testosterone and women have more estrogen. These are different hormones/chemicals so it makes sense that we would think differently because they operate differently. If we can just accept the fact that we are different and embrace it we can better help each other out. The differences between men and women are meant to complement one another not compete against each other. They are meant to help us work together to achieve a common goal! We each have a divine nature about us. Gender is important and so are the roles associated with being a male or a female. I know that as we each fulfill our different roles as men and women we will be a happier and healthier people.