Tell me then, why is that females are restricted as to what seva they can do at Darbar Sahib?
the facets you are talking about are universal and present in every race and religion, Sikhism is a wonderful religion, but it is no exception, we are all human, we all do our best, but if even the centre of Sikh spirituality has rules and regulations that split the sexes, then we are no better than anyone else, and it is wrong to intimate that we are.
"Center of sikh spirituality" which is Sri Guru Granth sahib , not the present-day sikh institutions or diaspora , do not have sexism . Where in SGGS does it say that women are not equal to men ? Where in SGGS does it say that straights are better than gays , or whites superior to blacks ? nowhere !
Don't mistake the status of present day sikh kaum to what is instructed by SGGS !
If you are against the sexism (and racism) you can always start a campaign in your own area, get signatures on a nice write up and send it to Akal Takht. If enough people do it, then maybe it will be possible that we will see women doing kirtan at darbar sahib in our lifetime. That we will see women chosen more as Panj Pyaras, that women will be elected to Gurdwara management committees more often, and as Granthis.
If nobody does anything, or says anything they are part of what is keeping things the way they are. If everyone who were against discrimination spoke up to Akal Takht, then I think we will see real change. Problem is, a lot of Singhs especially won't say anything because sexism doesn't affect them. So even if they think women should have equal status in Sikhi, they just don't say anything because they personally are not affected by it.
You can interpolate that logic to everyone else , including yourself.
Its always about "me" . Because of ignorance of what "me" is !
I've been thinking about this a lot lately. A trend I've noticed of my own peers is either blatant intolerance of anything different (almost Nazi-ish), or being so tolerant they don't mind regressive opinions, ie.) inferiority of women; If a Christian remarked that, they'd be shamed. If a Muslim did, it's tolerated. This is my own observation. It seems like there's no middle path.
I used to believe leftists are best people, so liberal, so egalitarian, so full of equality.
The thing is left will tolerate even the ones who don't tolerate them or the ideas they hold dear !
The right is always about dislike of the "other" .
We see it everywhere ! Thats why lefties are called "liberals" and righties "conservatives".
The christian-muslim difference is what you call "political correctness".
The leftists wish to have an equal world for women, gays and minorities, but at the same time support (by purposeful ignorance of) something like, for instance, radical islam (not the sufi islam !) , which is inherently misogynistic , homophobic and anti-muslim.
Its a tough choice in election time.