So, I stumbled across this, and was interested in posting. I'm a male btw.
Gender roles were defined by society, not by actual s*x. Gender, in technical terms, refers to mental identity(male/female) and s*x refers to physical organs (p***s/v****a).
Men have taken on more aggressive roles in the past due to many things: Males have thicker bones larger muscle potential and a higher endurance cap, in the past the world was a more dangerous place, and when religion reigned supreme over the masses. The thing is, religion is dying as society moves into the future (don't worry, there will ALWAYS be a religion), the world isn't as dangerous as it once was, and those aggressive roles are now open to women and men as a sweet girly-girl can shoot an M-14 just as effectively as a manly-man. In other words, physical strength, which is the dominant trait of males in practically all mammals, is less important as a race progresses technologically.
I'll elaborate on the animal part briefly. Male/female mammals generally tend to do the same things. They hunt, they fight, they get along, and they can both be just as aggressive for s*x when they want it.
Now, with that out of the way, lets get to the fully relevant points: Men have less things to worry about, and women are starting to equal out with us in terms of dominance.
Lets explore the first one. Men have less things to worry about: Society is becoming far safer than it was 200 years ago, or even 50 years ago. Our criminal justice and CSIs(ignore the stupid TV show please) are far more prepared than they were in the 50s, and can link you to a crime if you s***w up and leave ONE hair behind.
Threats are verbal assault and can get one thrown in jail, at least for the night. Though, calling someone a fagot or a b***h-boy is still fine in regards to the law, but can lead to harassment charges if done too often. Basically, people don't have to arm and actively defend themselves from most dangerous. There are dangers that individuals do need to actively defend themselves from, however there are far more effective weapons that one can legally. Tasers, and mace are insanely useful when used in conjunction, as when someone is Tased they can't really stop you from spraying mace right at their nose and mouth, and spraying them in the eye can cause temporary and permanent blindness. If that isn't enough, guns are very effective at causing deadly force to violent offenders. None of the three weapons I just used as examples require any strength to wield or use effectively. These require skill but not as much as melee fighting.
Now, lets explore the second point: Women are starting to equal out with us(men) in terms of dominance. This is a very real socio and economical issue that you'll run into when you look at society. Women were payed less than men in the past, but now, after class action lawsuits and women demanding more pay for their hard work, the pay is starting to even out. A determined and assertive woman and be just as aggressive and vicious as any man, but with the added bonus that she'll be far more emotional about it as well, ergo she'll fight harder to get what she wants instead of settling. As for dominance, many girls know that guys in their teens and twenties can be easily intimidated by a pretty girl. The thing is, girls don't want men to be intimidated by them. Sure, they want respect, they want them to be afraid of making them angry but those are similar trends between guys as we want respect and might throw a punch at another guy if we're mad at them. Due to this, girls are discovering that that cute or hot or strong boy that they want will make eye contact, smile, and do everything screaming his interest, but not act because he doesn't know what to say and he surely doesn't want to start off a relationship with, "Umm, err, hi! I'm *blushes madly, then weakly:* ...bob?" More and more we're seeing that women and girls will walk up to Mr. hottie and start talking to him, sure she probably wont ask him out but if she wants him to then she can start dropping obvious hints like talking about her favorite place to go eat, this movie that she says she wants to see that she thinks he'll like (like a guy action movie, instead of something like Twilight) and then if he just doesn't take the hint, she might even ask him out outright if he tries to break off the conversation. I've seen that happen a lot on college campuses.
The big thing is that more women are starting to become the dominant ones in relationships, and I don't mean how its under the table how most girls control their boys subtly and then punish them if they do something they disapprove of. I mean the girl is the dom and the boy is the sub, where as traditional gender roles in relationships are that the boy is the dom and the girl is the sub. This simply encourages the male to be more feminine while the girl shows her strength instead of him and defends him just as viciously as any maleDom would defend his femSub.
Many males find this change refreshing and a chance to try new things. I've known a lot of trans-genders going both ways, a lot of girly boys and tom-girls. I've known girly boys who are the doms in their relationships and exert their dominance over their girl/boy friends while being free to express themselves, and then turning around and beating the mother-loving c**p out of someone picking a fight. Best day of my life was when a girly boy in a pink skirt took down a thug with his tom-boy girlfriend just watching and laughing at Mr. Thug as he got his a*s kicked and humiliated buy a guy who squeeed not 10 minutes earlier at a cute dress and had exclaimed "OH...MY...GOD! I want that!
Addendum: A pretty boy can be nicer on the eyes for girls as well. I've posed the question before, why Shouldn't a guy cover up that scar on his face? Its ugly, it makes people look away, and with a little work could disappear.
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