If women had to promise to provide for a man for a lifetime before he removed his veil and showed her his smile, would we think of this as a system of female privilege?

There are 80 jobs in which women earn more than men - positions like financial analyst, speech-language pathologist, radiation therapist, library worker, biological technician, motion picture projectionist.

Companies like I.B.M. have offered women scholarships to study engineering for years, and women engineers routinely get higher starting salaries than men.

Financial analysts make a lot more than accountants.

The average full-time working male works more than a full-time working female.

The weakness of men is the facade of strength; the strength of women is the facade of weakness.

The problem is that Americans care more about saving whales than saving males.