The simple answer is absolutely not. The more complex answer is that cultural conditioning, ethnic stupidity, and male fear of being outdone have created the historically undeniable impression that gender differences imply gender dominance and submission.
The significant problem in the world is that most women either believe the "male dominance theory" or in a snarky way try to resist it by using indirect approaches to get around it. The result is that the "glass ceiling" remains firmly arched over our heads, and that no woman has yet been elected to the Presidency in the United States. Various religions also add their weight to this fable of female inferiority: Christianity has its "handmaiden" theory of female gender, Islam still applies the "chattel" theory on both women and children, and most other major religions deny females the right to minister to the people at large in any true clerical sense.
So did God create two genders so that one can "lord it over" the other? (chauvinism in language itself) Are humans really just animals with souls who also have complementary purposes and connections with each other. Is sexual and sensual attraction natural, or sinful? Are we "born in sin" because we are human, and only have value when we are saved? What is the purpose of "organized religion" anyway? Was religion given by God (god?) or invented by men -- as Kazantzakis suggested in "The Odyssey: a Modern Sequel?"
Human beings need to stop being afraid -- of each other -- and the "unseen god"; and live their lives positively and hopefully. Perhaps then there can be a return to the "Garden" so wished for by so many.
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