std::map Requirements for Keys (Design Decision)

Question

When I make a std::map<my_data_type, mapped_value>, what C++ expects from me is that my_data_type has its own operator<.

struct my_data_type
{
    my_data_type(int i) : my_i(i) { }

    bool operator<(const my_data_type& other) const { return my_i < other.my_i; }

    int my_i;
};

The reason is that you can derive operator> and operator== from operator<. b < a implies a > b, so there's operator>. !(a < b) && !(b < a) means that a is neither less than b nor greater than it, so they must be equal.

The question is: Why hasn't the C++ designer require operator== to be explicitly defined? Obviously, operator== is inevitable for std::map::find() and for removing duplicates from the std::map. Why implement 5 operations and call a method twice in order not to compel me to explicitly implement operator==?