Are men better directors than women ?
First of all, I would like to say that this tradition is coming not only from history, but from
evolution. In nature, masculine representatives of most species are stronger, more agile and
aggressive than feminine representatives, because their biological function is to be the main
breadwinners and defenders of their families, while females' main functions are to distribute that
bread within the family, raise, feed and look after the progeny. Of course there are exceptions
like lions (lionesses do hunting which ensures food for their families), seahorses (males bear the
eggs) and some others, but in general law of nature is such. So it is not surprising that this law
applies for the human beings, but we are truly exceptional species. Our mind that led us through
enormous changes in society fetched us to such state of affairs that nowadays many women place
their careers first.
The reasons for that are very different: suppressed sexual needs, uncertainty in helpmates, need