Demands for equality between the sexes are justified because people of both sexes want more equality in order to improve their own personal lives. The justific

Demands for equality between the sexes are justified because people of both sexes want more equality in order to improve their own personal lives. The justification never was "fitness of the species." I believe that would be a terrible goal. My belief happens to reflect the global consensus in the current era. This was one of the (many) issues behind World War II. Although I don't think even the Nazis truly believed in maximizing the fitness of the species. I think it was an excuse.