I'm not sure where "equivalent" came from, and haven't really heard it used in this context before. What do you mean by that? Anyway, I think you've got it bac

I'm not sure where "equivalent" came from, and haven't really heard it used in this context before. What do you mean by that? Anyway, I think you've got it backwards. "Equivalent" suggests that men and women are functionally interchangeable, which neither of us believes. "Equal", on the other hand, has a long history of being used to carry social and political meaning.