However, in comparison to men, women have less power and status in heterosexual partnerships, are less prepared for physical fights, or affirm difference without being threatened, and are more likely to be dissatisfied with the relationship and want to leave. These factors often place women at high risk of domestic violence.
In the past decade, women have enjoyed opportunities that their mothers and grandmothers would have never imagined they could. Since early history and the ancient civilization of man, women have played a submissive role, in which women were viewed as unequal to men. A women's role in society was that of raising children, and jobs that required feminine characteristics. Many women today want careers and to be self-sustaining individuals. As more and more women are striving to gain equality in the workplace, schools and homes, it is increasingly important that further efforts be made to reduce gender biases and increase equal opportunities for women.
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