Saturday, May 13, 2006

I AM WOMAN - HEAR ME ROAR

It's funny how we have Mothers' Day and yet not have a date to celebrate Females' Day. Look at the number of alternate genders that try all ways and means to infiltrate feminism (although i argue that gender involves mentality rather then genitals).

Nonetheless, I'm not belittling the importance of Mothers - yes, we should love ALL mothers, regardless of how loony they are.

Being a female is most definately not easy. Just look at the list of roles one has to tackle :
  1. Mother
  2. Daughter
  3. Sister
  4. Friend
  5. Girlfriend
  6. Wife
  7. Employee
  8. Employer

The list goes on and on. And how about about the roles that one is EXPECTED to take on.. Like the titles/burdens we carry : (some rather unwillingly)

  1. Counsellor
  2. Money Lender
  3. Tender-Loving-Care Dispenser
  4. Tuition Teacher
  5. Menses Proliferator
  6. Pimple Generator
  7. Baby Maker
  8. Sex Symbol
  9. Fashionista
  10. Goddess

We have to fight with our hormones monthly (and shoulder the risk of the ever possible, most dreaded Stained Skirt Syndrome), try to keep up with fashion trends, learn to cook (at least instant noodles and boil water!), fight with outbreaks, fend off bitchy catfights (and behold the ever increasing level of male-bitching), baby our boyfriends/husbands, act cute without inducing nausea (not many has attained this level as yet), always have spare cash for leech family/friends or look even bitchier in front of yr current beau's ex's.

Therefore, it can be confirmed that it IS hard to be a woman. But i never said it wasn't fun.