Genders are supposed to complement each other not compete with.
All alphabets in the language and all numerals in mathematics play their individual roles and together make a sense in different permutations and combinations. All alphabets and numerals are not and do not fight for equality.
One kg of gold is not equal to one kg of silver, one litre of water is not equal to one litre of petrol either.
The issues surrounding equality are infructuous and irrelevant.
They are all about political correctness and identity politics, the issues of one upmanship or one upwomanship.
Why the marriage equality lobby silent on labor pains equality?