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Is it more interesting to be a woman?

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Jane10 Sun 03-May-15 10:34:16

Gosh teetime I can't say I've ever envied the lives of men. I don't fancy the expectation to have to fight (in wars but also the more general expectation of aggression). Do they miss the depth of the camaraderie that women can have? Of course they have their clubs and football teams and more specific groupings.
This thought occurred to me due to the royal baby. I well remember feeling , having just given birth, that that was one big scary adventure than men don't have. I do know it was an odd thought but I felt that I had achieved such a momentous thing and experienced feelings that they don't have, can't have. Maybe its just me!

Teetime Sun 03-May-15 10:25:15

I enjoy being a woman but I have often envied the lives of men. Then again I sometimes feel that men are in emotional ways more vulnerable e.g. widows seem to manage life on their own much better than men but then that's the traditionalist in me I suppose who thinks men need looking after.

petallus Sun 03-May-15 10:03:54

What an interesting question.

I think women are more interesting, subtle and multi-layered in their personalities than men (obviously a generalisation).

I think women's lives have not always been as interesting as men's due to restrictions which meant women were tied to the kitchen sink and not allowed into some areas of life. Not so much like that now.

I think that men have more interesting relationships because they relate to us whereas we only have those simple creatures to relate to grin

Jane10 Sun 03-May-15 09:51:09

I do see myself as a feminist but have been fortunate not to have suffered much discrimination in life. I sometime almost feel sorry for men. Are our lives as girls then women more open to subtleties and layers of interest? I like men -am married to one and am mother and gran to boys. What do people think? Note this is intended as a reflective thread rather than an argumentative one!