Being a Girl

Yes, I like being a girl. It's nice to remember that, sometimes. I think that, despite being repressed in our society and coaxed into believing silly things like 'being young and beautiful is the only way to get attention', we have much less stringent societal boundaries. For example, a woman can fix motorcycles, and that makes her intriguing and sexy. If a man steps out of his gender role to do manicures, it's gay and can get him beat up.

Mostly, I love that women are allowed to cry. Sometimes, this gets us labeled moody... even crazy. But there is nothing like a torrential release of emotions to shine up a dusty soul. Everyone gets to laugh. Men get to be angry (it makes women into bitches, so we don't get to express that one so much). But women... women get to cry. Sad crying. Happy crying. Just plain 'overwhelming emotional experience' crying. We are so lucky.

And we get to have insight about people that's taken seriously. Mostly by other women, but still... It's something incredible to understand humankind on a level like women are socialized to do. To read body language, to care for people, to see into other's hearts they way we're shown to do as children... it's a gift, really. Some men have it too, but they aren't groomed for it in our society the same way women are. It rocks being a woman, for the most part.

Oh, and the part about making people inside like a human bread machine? Very, very cool. I can be food and shelter. How cool is that?! I hope I get a chance to do that someday. It sounds neato.