~ Being A Woman ~

Being A Woman ......



While understanding the sex of a child, it’s fascinating to learn why is it that boys love to play with guns and not with dolls and why in the world are girls so good with languages and not maths! Of course there may be several exceptions to the rule, but the intriguing thing to note here is that all this while, while we talk about women, we do so either with pity or with scorn.

Some interesting discoveries
Initially, as the embryonic tissue transforms itself into various organs for both boys and girls, it is only until the baby has grown to a great extent that that you can observe a difference in both. Generally the extra Y doesn't make much of a difference, as girls today are definitely the preferred lot! Boys and girls have this intrinsic value added to both of them, the value of complementing each other in the various roles that they play in life.

Girls are the emotional kind while boys tend to be a lot more logical in life. Their brains are also fashioned in much the same manner. The logical powerhouse of the brain is more open to boys than the girls. While statistics over time may be different for both, you cannot really have a yardstick for both of them. You'll notice that girls would be more attracted to color and dolls. One of the reasons for this may be because they have so many colours around them. Their dresses, way of styling them etc., is so beleaguered with variety that it’s difficult not to miss them! Boys on the other hand have this intrinsic love affair with noise. They love games that are either destructive or loud. There are few girls who when grow up too have a definite liking for heavy metallic rock for instance.

Although most brain development is similar to both of them, girls develop a liking for easy-going things faster than boys. For boys it becomes a question of ego, irrespective of the age. Perhaps they are conditioned for doing so since the time that they are young. Both sexes for example, share their admiration for subjects like Physics, Music, art, although the form may differ, the subject is loud and clear.

Girls who are largely exposed to high levels of androgens, the male hormone, are more drawn towards toys such as cars and less interested in dolls, doll houses, etc. Although these girls are very few in number, we tend to stereotypes them as tomboys. They the kind who love to climb trees, play football and do almost all masculine things, girls as a rule are not supposed to do!

Puberty and the woman
Interestingly, girls have a variety of hormones. Another reason why they appreciate variety in life more than boys! They possess hormones including estrogen, progesterone and androgens, that undergo rapid changes wit the onset of puberty. It is these hormones that give them their identity so as to speak. Their mood swings, their irritation, their instant craving for sweets and chocolate and their innate quest for finding love.

Girls are often blamed once they grow up to want for more affection as they grow. Their fathers are the first male role models for them and every girl sub consciously desires their future husband/ partner to follow a pattern on similar lines. The changes in their cycles also make them into the people they are; literally. The agony and pain that they go through each month determines their character; that is whether they will grin and bear it or rather take immediate action against it.

The important question here is that if there is everything starts with puberty, why does it stop? A simple answer to this may be because like for all of us for the girls especially, life is noting but a sophisticated machine; their bodies notwithstanding! Well like a machine, girls get used to their systems and make use of their channels rather well. It is only with Menopause that roughly occurs at the age of 45 that the feeling of restlessness sets in.

By mid age, depression further worsens the condition. Although men have their set of troubles too, it may be perhaps women being born with that extra special X chromosome are equipped with facing things that are larger than life for them. Child birth and motherhood, separation, divorce, all have a special comfort level within their bodies as it were. All these perils in life can actually bring out the best in them, unlike men.

Like the body degenerates, so do the hormones that make a woman. The estrogen production by the ovaries falls as menopause occurs. This is one time that she needs to be especially careful of her bones, the calcium in her body and her teeth. With the decrease in estrogen production, women are prone to conditions like osteoporosis, arthritis, and all of these begin with just a sprain. And the sprain if left unattended to can develop into a frozen shoulder and also rheumatoid arthritis.

The ovaries work harder, may develop cysts, in case there is lesser intake of water. With the fall in fertility rate, on the one hand where some women have no fear of pregnancy, others may be plagued with an empty feeling of restlessness, hot flushes, etc. Such is the fascinating story of the evolution of being a woman! And you thought she was plain silly?! Well, if you only had to go through all that she does in an entire life time, you’ll know where it all comes from!