I agree ReineD, during wars when men were drafted there were many women who would have volunteered for military service but because of male priveledge/sexism etc they were not allowed that choice or oppertunity to serve thier country. And sure boys may often be expected to excell in sports but girls often had a hard time even being allowed to play sports at all, let alone with the boys. Still to this day no matter how great a basketball player a woman is she still is not allowed to play in the NBA as an equal to men, she must play in a less popular womans league which gives nowhere near the advantages of being an NBA superstar, same goes for most other leagues. Also, men usually providing financially on dates comes from a time when most women were confined to working in the house and had an extremely hard time trying to gain outside work, career etc and so they didn't often have thier own personal finances for dates or anything else for that matter. We may be making much progress in the western world but ask saudi women if they're limited by male priveledge