I really need to study up on the bible. Maybe it will explain why women seem to have gotten the short end of the stick. I mean, I know about the original sin, blah blah blah, but wasn't Adam at fault just as much as Eve? I mean, I think we all know that he kind of talked her into it (c'mon ladies, think about your first time. I bet it wasn't exactly YOUR idea.). So why is that we're the lucky ones that have the crazy hormonal reproductive systems? Biology of course has a reason for everything, or at least those people at the Discovery Health channel seem to know what they're talking about. I mean, males are in charge of the hunting and gathering, so it doesn't make sense for them to be caring for and nurturing the young. It would really stink to come up against a dinosaur and be 7 months pregnant. And I know that there are reasons why we have those wacky hormones, but doesn't it seem like men got the better end of the deal? They have what, testosterone, which makes them horny all the time (not a bad thing), and it increases their metabolism (and muscle mass) so that they can eat a ton more, not need to exercise very much, and not gain weight. They're not really fighting dinosaurs anymore (and if they are it's something they chose to do, plus women are now fighting alongside them), so it's not like they have that whole "I'll do the dangerous stuff so the little lady doesn't have to" going for them. And they don't have all that nurturing crap floating around their brains 24/7 like women do. They only think of one thing (sex) at a time. I can't even imagine what that would be like, well, I'll try. Picture this: (whistle the tune from "The Andy Rooney Show")
Wake up in the morning and think "must shower and dress for work" without thinking about what undergarments need to be worn with that particular blouse and if you have any clean pantyhose.
Go to work, do your job
Come home, think (or say if your wife isn't homicidal) "what's for dinner?"
Change, maybe play with kids for a few minutes, eat dinner
put kids to bed, watch TV
go to bed without a care in the world
Even before I had kids I had constant "to-do" lists running in my head, now with two kids I sometimes wonder how my brain doesn't physically explode and run out my ears. And I can't turn it off! I think that's the thing that I most jealous about in regards to men - the fact that their minds are so blessedly empty of all that clutter.
My husband and I once had a conversation about a similar topic while I was pregnant with my second child - I asked him if he was jealous in any way of the fact that I was the one that got to experience pregnancy - his answer of course being a whopping "NO!" I think most men would answer the same way. I could ask TGD if there was anything about being a woman that he was jealous of but I already know his answer - boobs. It almost makes me want to play with mine more as a big "F You!" to manhood.