When God created Adam and Eve, He made them different for many reasons.  The purpose of God's plan satisfies the ability to form together as a unit and to procreate.  In addition, the differences between genders are meant to balance out the traits and characteristics of each other, one may be more nurturing and the other more disciplinary.  I have a difficult time with the content we have been learning about because society is so desperately trying to make everyone equal, but we were not made equal on purpose.  Society is mistaking equality for trying to make genders one in the same.  In a video we watched, Men, Women, and the Sex Difference by John Stossel, there was a woman with strong feminist beliefs.  She said that we should focus more on raising boys more like our girls or girls more like our boys.  However, we are influencing or inhibiting them from developing their qualities that God intended each gender to have.  Children start showing gender differences from the time they are newborns, such as newborn girls are more likely to imitate facial expressions.  This is not because they were raised to know this, but because it is something in the genetic makeup.  If we try to raise children gender neutral, we are inhibiting them from developing the characteristics God intended each gender to have.  The video explained that certain women wanted to have equal opportunities as men, specifically wanting to have the same opportunities to be fire fighters.  Standards for women were lowered to enable a chance for them to have the same opportunity as a man applying for the job.  There are certain situations in which I can understand equality in men and women, such as some business careers, however, a woman is not capable of completing the same physical tasks as men.  This is not being sexist against women, there are many men who do not make it on the squad as well because they cannot satisfy all the requirements.  These requirements are put in place to ensure the safety of those who are in need of help.  This also plays part in paramedics.  Take my grandpa for example, we had to call an ambulance for him one morning.  When the paramedics arrived, one man and one woman came to his aid.  Now, this woman being knowledgeable in her area of duty, did not make any difference when she was unable to perform the physical part of the job.  Since she was unable to lift my grandpa onto the stretcher, they had to call back up assistance.  Instead of getting him to the hospital as quickly as possible, we had to wait even longer for the back up to arrive, thus slowing down the proper care he needed by the doctors.  Men and women may have the same desires for having a particular job, but if they cannot meet all of the qualifications, it is not a sexist decision, rather a decision made in the best interest for those in need of help.  It is my strongest belief that men and women were created differently for a reason.  I do not believe every woman should be made to be a house wife if undesired, but I do believe there are certain things men and women do not "equally" qualify for based on the ways we were created.