Equality in a political sense in terms of human rights, political rights, pay and opportunity, to name but a few, has to be the goal that we all seek. It seems strange to most of us in Western cultures that women had to fight for the vote and equal pay in our recent history. What were we thinking of? Why should men me the sole custodian of our political direction?

In looking at organisations for example a religion, a club or a society - a fundamental question for me is whether men and women have the same rights. Indeed I will also look further at race, colour and sexuality. This means that I could not, even if wanted to, join certain religions or churches within those religions, for example. So this leaves me a number of questions. Why do some men and women think that women should be, for example, ruled by men? What are the advantages to women? Has this always been the case? Are there good examples of truly equal societies throughout history?

One conclusion for me is that true equality seems to be delivered by developed and confident societies and cultures. The more we foster and support equality the better our lives become. In conclusion we do not need to ask the question it is the only true and equitable path to follow.