Visualize a small version of yourself standing on the upheld palm of your left hand, and visualize the rest of humanity on your other hand. Now, weigh up the two, and ask yourself, which is the most important?
When I put this to people they reply: "But why can't I be on the hand with all the others?"
How it scares a person, to even imagine themselves as an individual! This is particularly so with women. A man may well reason that the species is more important than the individual, but for women a single life has more value than the rest of the Universe.