What Women Want..my version

Ok. I really shouldnt be doing this, but heck, it's only half hour to lunch...might as well take a short break.=P

Right. So, what do women want..hm..let's just take this up from K1's points..

1) respect:
This is probably one of the most debated topics over the past 50 years or so. In fact, my final year project in school was related to this. We were trying to find out how women leaders managed an "optimal" work-life balance. Guess what? No surprises here.. you can't have the best of both worlds. Yes, you CAN succeed at work, and gain all the respect you want, but it's probably at the expense of your family (if you even have one to begin with). I've personally seen this at work too... how many females do you see in senior management? The very outstanding female boss of my previous firm is one of the very few female bosses (not just middle management, but the top tier management , I mean) here in SG. You can probably use just one hand to count them off your fingers.

I guess the first reason is that women (being the caregiver -- as sadly defined by society) see their family as a higher priority in contrast to their career. I wouldn't say that this is the norm, but because women have for so long been set into the mould of "housewife" or "caregiver", they are more inclined to take on this role.

The 2nd reason is of course, the widely known "glass ceiling" that still plagues soooo many organisations... i can go on and on and on about this, but things will not change lah (and I'm getting bored with my own ranting). Anyway, God did create Eve from Adam (and after 265 popes, you haven't seen a she-pope have you?).

2) love:
All humans long to be loved and to love. It's not just women who crave for it. It's innate in all of us (again this has probably been debated over the last 2000 years). I think what K1 is referring to is the love between a married couple. Sure, it is a blessing to be part of such a union, but not every woman craves for it. Sure. When you are in your teens, or in your twenties, most of us long to be in that "smug-marrieds" (if I may borrow a line from Bridget Jones) club. But when you reach your thirties or forties (or whenever it hits you), you realise that not everyone is called to this "marriage" vocation. You see, society has drummed this "happily ever after" concept into women's heads so well (since their kindergarten days of Cinderella) that it seems wrong to be not married... and then you get prominent columnists who whine about their single status in The Sunday Times..=P.

So K1. I beg to differ on this point..

Ok, have gone on long enough for now.. gotta get back to work.. will continue later.!

K2