Equality. The word itself has so many meanings (literally two). And yet the word, depending on in what way it’s used, it can be a BIG word. When someone asks you “what does equality mean to you?” A slight sense of panic comes through your mind, and you feel as though you have to really think about what you say because it may offend someone. Not because what you said is offensive but because people can’t just let things go anymore. People can’t just seem to ‘brush things off’ anymore. Mostly because equality is HUGE. And right now, in this day and age, it’s something more commonly spoken about, something with more views than anything else. It’s always been around, whether it’s in Math or the way of life, someone’s always talking about it.

 

Something that has been around for centuries – something that’s always seemed to be an issue. Because men and women have different features and different body parts – that for some reason differentiates the way that we’re raised, the way that we see things. For example, men are being told that they can’t talk about how they feel because it makes them ‘less of a man’ and a woman can’t walk home at night feeling safe and turning her back every few seconds with the thought of being followed by some guy.

 

The question that needs to be asked is; can we be raised differently? Can men be raised differently? Maybe if they’re raised to talk about their feelings, to learn self-control and to have a limit then maybe things would be different. Women are brought up to not be so provocative, to learn self-defence. To not walk alone.

 

Everything on this earth has a natural instinct to kill, we’ve all got the same traits. Be it cat, dog, lion, bear. We all have one thing in common. Survival. Whether it’s when your next meal is, walking home on a night out, going camping or getting lost (realistic I know). But, we all have survival in common and that’s something that every animal in the world has as a trait. This world isn’t easy, with pollution, litter getting in the ocean and every nook and cranny.

 

There are some things in the world that we can’t control (those control freaks aren’t having any of it, starting wars and raids. Anywho, that’s a whole other discussion). There are, however, some things that can be controlled. The things we do on a day-to-day basis, all the small things; how we speak to people, the actions we show in every single situation that we’re in. Be it life or death. The compassion and the promise that we show to each other, to other animals, to the pets that we so very much love. But then we start getting into the ‘what-ifs’.

 

What if we showed as much compassion to other animals that aren’t ours as we did our pets? What if we brought our sons up the way we did our daughters? What if we trusted others judgment rather than just sacking it off? Then we will always roll back to, what if women had equal pay to men?

 

For some reason, men want to ‘rule’ and be the commander and own everything – that’s something men all have in common, they want to dominate. Thus, war. What if, (now, hear me out), there was no domination. We’re all upon this earth, destroying it every day, with pollution, littering, and yes, even war. This is when you come up with the concept of, what if, if you can get peace in a classroom full of 50 school kids, you can get peace with 7 trillion people.

 

The theory probably wouldn’t work, mostly because as you descend into adult life you become more judgemental and people are like sheep, and tend to follow through whatever anyone else if doing etc.

 

Anyway, we’re getting away from the real point here, equality. The thing with children, is that they tell the truth, and they follow only their own thoughts (mostly why you catch them doing weird stuff when they’re 2 years old) because they can’t balance between the 2 things that differentiate everyone. The good, and the bad. They only see wholesome, they only trust and they always trust their gut.

 

I’ve also lost track with where this was going, however, case and point. There are no differences between men and women, only the way we act and feel and the way we’ve been raised. Men were brought up in war, in combat, to dominate. And women, women were raised to stand by those men, to be there for their every need. Women were, in the eyes of a man, a toy and a child bearer. Men act like they were the first to rule, it’s the equivalent to having twins. We were both here at the same time but because you’re a minute older, you have more privileges and more right.

 

But what if we were born at the exact same time? That would make us equal, right?