In reply to The Lemming:
> Too many white knights fighting invisible dragons.
One wonders why exactly you're on this thread.
Regardless, you're wrong. Easy example, gender pay gap of 17.8% in the UK (2012, by most measures it's dropped by .5-1% since then, but I couldn't find a good summary of more recent data). It is present when measuring within industries and at the same level of employment, but those figures are harder to quote without producing a wall of text. See here for an analysis of ONS data:
http://www.equalityhumanrights.com/sites/default/files/documents/research/B...
In terms of social attitudes to women, you only have to look at something like 'Gamergate' to see there's still a way to go.
In terms of physical activity, roughly half the numbers of women engage in physical activity outside of work compared to men in the UK. The number of women participating in sport has been declining for the last 10 years, as opposed to men where it has been broadly stable.
The WHO Report on attitudes to exercise in girls (
http://www.icsspe.org/sites/default/files/Girls.pdf ) identifies multiple factors as to why women do not exercise. It includes multiple important factors (lack of access to equipment or poor infrastructure, poor weather, existing obesity, things they would rather do etc). It is also mostly drawn from American sources. It also identifies that girls feel a "reluctance to get sweaty or dishevelled" and feel pressure to "to seek other activities associated with their preferred perceptions of femininity".
These are obviously just a few factors among many, but you need to account for why roughly half the numbers of women exercise, compared to men.
> I think that the next generation will be able to look after itself quite with or without the help of us.
Yeah, except that WE are the ones who design the education programs, set the school syllabus and implement them, provide the PE lessons and the role models to which the next generation aspire. When has it ever been the case that one generation represents a clean break from the previous?
Again, from the WHO report: "The organisation of sports groups and programmes should be include women in key roles, such as coaching and mentors, and role models drawn from within local communities and schools". This is identified as one of the key areas that need to change to promote exercise inclusion for all.
So I have evidence and examples that show that women continue to be disadvantaged economically, socially and are less included in physical activity. I seem to be quite capable of seeing the dragons, could you explain how they remain so invisible to you?