The Humphead wrasse, Chelinus undulatus, is the largest extant member of the family Labridae.  Males are typically larger than females and can reach over 2 meters in length – weighing up to 190 kg. Females rarely grow larger than one meter.

There is something about nature, and how it organises itself that males within a species tend to be larger and stronger and with a different role within the population.   Protection from predation is a real issue, at coral reef and also within, and between, populations of Homo sapiens – my species.

Historically, within populations of my species it is the men who go to war – and if they come back victorious, as the leader, they will stay the leader.   There is a chance their daughter may take over from them – if not their wife or vice president.

Women tend to find power through proximity.  There is a basis for this in our biological differences that are very significant.

Of course, cultural norms can change relatively quickly – but not biology.  And to deny biology, like denying the rewriting of our historical temperature records, is dangerous. There will always be an evolutionary advantage in specialisation, and so successful families, communities and nations are those who look after their offspring and ensure their capacity to flourish and to reproduce.   The is nothing more fundamental to the success of a civilization, or a population of fishes, than the capacity to reproduce.

That is not to say that kindness does not matter, but it needs to be understood within the real world that is replete with predation.

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