I am always wary of gender stereotypes. Especially in this testosterone-fuelled, role-mixing, metrosexual society. We face a gianormous variety of daily challenges, and often need to adapt our personas accordingly. Either alone or with a partner, we have to take on whatever tasks life throws at us, even if they don't necessarily fit under our genetic 'job description'.
However, in the past days, having had the chance to spend quality time with some of my favourite ladies, I was reassured by some comforting commonalities of likes and dislikes.
Here's a digest.
1. Hugh Jackman. He is hot. Super hot. Massively hot. We sat (some of us for the second time) through that pile of rubbish that is Wolverine-X Men Origins just to see him in varying levels of nudity.
2. Comics and graphic novels. We read them. We love them. We are geeks.
3. Shoes. Enough said.
4. Running away. From something or someone. Good or bad. Usually good. Just in case it ends up working out.
5. Wrong bras. As the bra police (aka Single Friend #2) noted yet again, we are constantly in denial of our true boobage.
6. Too much wine. Why is it that mornings after never start with 'oh, what a shame, I wish I had a little more booze last night'?
7. The octopus syndrome (aka calendar overkill). Trying to do too much all the time, and then feeling tired and grumpy because of the evolutionary disadvantage of having only two arms.
8. The a-hole. Who treats you like a scrunched doormat. Fallen for at least once in every woman's lifetime.
9. Insecurities. Too short, too tall, too smart, too silly, too blond, too clumsy, too strong, too assertive, too pushovery.. We are our own worst enemies. When will we learn to accept who we are?
10. Friends. We are fierce and independent, but there is nothing like a shared laughter to wipe worries away, or two minutes of uninterrupted ranting to let steam off.
And of course the truths about sex.. But that's another story.
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