A few weeks ago we discussed the specific roles that each gender has. In today's world, many people are trying to make females more masculine, or men less brutish. Many people think that our gender characteristics are just something that our environment teaches us, or that people have come to expect of us and so we assume those roles.
However, if you look at the traditional family unit (mother and father, with children) you see that each gender has very important duties, and that they are necessary to complete the family. Females (the mothers) are meant to nurture and raise the children with love and kindness. Men are also loving and cherishing of the children, but also work and provide for the family.
This is the pattern that we can see throughout the history of the world, in all types of cultures and religions.