oomis1105: Would you say the same about goyim? They’re perfect the way HaShem made them, they don’t need mitzvos?
Who says so? 99% of them have broken every one of the sheva mitzvos b’nei Noach. When men say shelo asani goy or aved, they are specifying that these are people who do not have the chiyuv of mitzvos on them in the same way that we do, and they acknowledge Hashem’s chessed in giving us these responsibilities.
When they say it about WOMEN, they are really thanking Hashem that He let them off with JUST the need to do mitzvos, rather than the ohl of being pregnant, giving birth to, and raising the the next generation of our people. If even ONE man had to go through a pregnancy and childbirth, IMO it would be the end of the Jewish people. Or ALL people. I think they are just expressing their profound hakoras hatov for being let off that hook. 😉 I also think men do not really want to be on the same level of kedusha as women – it’s too hard for them to maintain that level on their own, hence the need for all the extra mitzvos. And boy am I SO not a B”Y girl!!!!!