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Some claim that men are naturally more competitive than women. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

#men #women
The characteristics and personalities of
women
 and
men
 have been the topic of many studies in recent years. In
this
 regard, some believe that when it comes to competitiveness,
men
 are more competitive than
women
.
However
, I do not completely disagree with
this
opinion
. In my
opinion
,
this
opinion
 would be true if only we were living at the beginning of the homosapeins era. I think
this
opinion
 could only apply to the down stages of evolution. During that time, males had to compete with
others
 in every aspect of life while females had to remain in their caves and just wait for their
men
 to come back. In that era, food was limited, and
one
 male had to compete with
others
 to get food and attract females’ attention and convince her that he was superior to
others
 in bringing stronger offspring who could live longer and continue the generation. In
this
 case, due to
this
 ever-lasted competition,
men
 became naturally more competitive than
women
. Whilst, nowadays, competitiveness is more a personal attitude rather than a gender-specific ability. We can see some males who do not want to compete with
others
 as they are self-satisfied and they do not see any reason in proving themselves to
others
.
On the other hand
, many
women
 are entering competitive areas
such
 as professional sports or highly competitive industries.
As a result
, devoting
one
such
 characteristic to
one
 gender is a wrong approach. In conclusion,
although
men
 might naturally be more competitive than
women
,
such
 as many other creatures on the planet, I think
this
 hypothesis is somehow outdated. We are heading toward an egalitarian society and the gaps between
men
 and
women
 have been thinned. In
this
 regard, no specific personality or ability could be considered related to
one
 gender only.
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