This discussion is scary because whatever you say it will be wrong in someone's eyes.
This is sadly true, now isn't it?
Now personally, female. Us men don't have to go through are period once a month, or give birth!
Both periods and birth are experiences that are wildly different for different people, some don't really care while others think it's hell on earth; and during the birth process women get a whole slew of different priviledges because they're pregnant, so while the idea of bleeding or pushing someone out of your genitals may be seem daunting, some people don't really care / see it as all that much of a bother.
It's also important to note that birth conditions are greatly affected by the position, the bed, etc. In my family we have a great little story of how my grandmother (who had 4 children) was ready to call it quits and ask for them to save the kid and let her die during childbirth ... because the bed had springs and that made the whole process just that much harder.
We don't have to shave our legs all of the time, or in that fact really have to shave at all. We have to work equally as hard but we get paid MORE than women. Which is totally unfair, making their lives much harder then ours.
While I'll give you the shaving thing because of social expectations, the working part has been debunked by now by a bunch of different sources. Basically when people present to you the "Women make 77 cents to a Men's dollar" statistic, it's more like they pretty much sum all the cash women make and compare it to the cash all men make. But men and women don't evenly split into professions so of course it's different, you can say that's a problem of socialization but that's an argument for another day - and another forum.
Personally, I'd say neither really have it harder, instead it sucks for everybody.
Men because of the sadly standard double standards, "Men's abuse is funny, women's abuse is tragic", "men are always the abusers", "A woman can work if she chooses to, but she doesn't have to; it's the job of the man to provide", men consistently lose in divorce cases unless a super pre-nup was involved, etc. etc.
But women also have it bad, people seem to treat women as dainty little porcelain dolls that one bad stare will break. And that's somehow more demoralizing than being told you're **** and can go fend off by yourself.
For example, my country isn't exactly the most peaceful one, it's a bit of dangerous place. When I had to study at night, last term all my female classmates managed to get rides from a family member who drove because rape I guess (even though statistically speaking robbery and murder are more likely and they happen more to males) - most of the males were left to fend for themselves unless they had a female friend that happened to go somewhere near their own house.
So either it's dangerous and hahaha boys can go sod off, or it's not really and girls need to be supervised because they're so dainty they could break if they took the bus home.
I guess I misplaced the manual on how to use my genital to protect myself.
