Why is a women not expected to carry out the same duties as a man?
Sexism. Or, in some cases, men are generally the only ones with the physical strength necessary for certain tasks(which isn't sexism, assuming that men & women of equal strength are given equivilant duties). I try to keep myself in decent shape, but I recognize that, as a woman, I'm simply not going to get the huge muscles than a man could
unless I start doing hilarious amounts of steroids.
Why is she unable to be conscripted?
Funny story: In the US, Equal Rights amendments tend to get stalled when people realize that they'd open up women to the same selective service requirements as men. I personally would never want to be conscripted, and I'm guessing that most people(whether male or female) don't want that either. Although we haven't had an instance of conscription in decades, so I personally wouldn't mind true equal rights even if it meant equal chance of being conscripted. Though I'd rather have it be so that
nobody would be conscripted, I'll take what I can get.
Why can she not be touched or hit by a member of the opposite sex without her consent?
Can men be touched or hit by women without their consent? If so, then you'll have to excuse me. I have some men to beat up. But men also protected by the same assault/sexual harassment laws that women are, so 1)I can't do that without going to jail, and 2)I really don't get what you're trying to get at here.
Why is she able to fight back against man, but the opposite is looked upon with contempt?
As I mentioned at the start of this post, men are generally stronger than women, so more potential for harm is there. But it's wrong for
either gender to assault the other, and both genders have the right to fight back against an attacker of any gender.
Should women recieve political rights, or the luxury of sexist social standards?
Luxury? What's so goddamned luxurious about sexism? Sure, women in that sort of system have men do the wage earning/incredibly strenous work of holding doors open for them, but they'd also doomed to being homemakers forever. (or else being part of one of a select few occupations deemed fit for women) That system also sucks for men, since it assumes that they all want to be breadwinners & none of them want to stay at home and look after the house & kids. It also punishes men who act too feminine(ie. like the "weaker" sex). There's also stuff that you really have to think about to realize that it has roots in a sexist system.(example: men are expected to spend several months' salary on an engagement/wedding ring, but women aren't? What the hell? Aside from the ridiculous expectation of how much should be spent on those rings in the first place, that's really unfair to the man.) As a man, you should be as against sexism as any woman would be.
Is it impossible for the pair to justly coexist?
It is possible, it's just called being
polite rather than chivalrous. Chilvalry is an exclusively "men being nice to women" system. Politeness involves both men AND women being nice to
everyone. And in the end, isn't that what we should be aiming for?