gender wars - the war is lost, page-18

why should women be more important than men in this day and age of equality

The paper gives examples of gender differences in conflict.
In some jurisdictions.

Women and girls more likely to be raped.

Men and boys more likely to be pressed into service and the boys become child soldiers.

The family might patriarch might hold all the identification papers so that if they are killed their family can be without identification and so on.