2) Women can’t say No. No, when said by a woman, is not an answer but the start of a negotiation.

3) They prefix them selfs with “just.” I’m Just a mother, Just a wife, Just Oprah.

There are others but lets take these three.

1a) I take time for myself. My whole life is for myself. Most of the time I’m not even aware other people are in the room, I’m too busy thinking about myself. That is the joy of being childless/a sociopath.

2a) I’ve already said “No” to three people today, and it’s only noon. (See #1a)

3a) I’m just f*ing awesome!!

Sure it’s easy for me to criticizes (see #3a) and I know people have these problems, but I hate the way it’s made into a whole “woman are like this” thing on Oprah. It irritates me the way the sanitary napkin commercial that shows woman marching in the street to an empowering anthem “Ain’t gonna’ let no body turn me around, turn me around” irritates me. It’s insulting. Oprah will teach women to have a spine/be empowered so marketers can use that to sell us female products like tampons and vacuum cleaners. I’d rather that song was in a commercial for a big black strap on. The sad thing is I guess American women do need Oprah to teach them how to be A NORMAL HUMAN WITH AN OUNCE OF SELF RESPECT because the boost in woman voters Sarah Palin is pulling in shows a real problem with the gender in that (my… *sigh*) country.

EDIT: OMG OMG.. I found the commercial on Youtube!

I’m not ugly, I’m meh, ok looking,  and I don’t blame this guy, or most guys for trying. It is flattering.. but mostly it’s just embarrassing. I want to be unnoticed, incognito.. like a shadow. No, I didn’t let him buy me the coffee although he was pretty cute. The woman at the cash register really enjoyed the whole thing. Like she was watching a movie or was an audience member of the Ricki Lake show. We were standing there and he was like “no, let me get this..” and I was desperately getting the cash out of my wallet and he was like “come on, go for it..” (he really said that) and I was like “oh here. (finding the cash) No, I got it, but thanks anyway.” and he was like “next time.” and she was like.. “ooooooohhhhh.”  It was probably the most exciting thing to happen to her all day at that job. So first on the agenda– gain back every pound I’ve lost and more.

I remember the first time I was going to go to Italy, I was talking to my Grandmother (who was Italian) and her advice was to watch out for the men “they pinch.” Although I was never pinched there.. she was right. Walking around in Italy was like something I had never experienced before. Every man felt free to stare at any part of your body they felt like. They had no shame. It was pretty degrading. The only time they kept their lurid stares to themselves was when I was out with another man. So at least they have respect for other men’s property.

Swedish men, on the whole are much tamer. The only time they become over baring and brutish is when they’ve been drinking. And when the morning comes, they turn back into their meek selves. A friend of mine told me years ago, he thought it was pathetic the way Swedish men didn’t… I forget how he put it but essentially, club me over the head and drag me home. He was British, and a brute himself. I was 18 and he was … lets say, not. He ogled me all the time, and I giggled. But he was my friend. That’s the strange thing. I don’t mind attention from my male friends. I encourage it. But if I don’t know you and I’m doing something like buying a coffee, or sitting on the bus, or walking down the street, leave me alone. Unless you are Johnny Deep obviously.

There was a guy on my train yesterday that looked just like Matthew Fox only a few years younger. It was a pleasant train ride. Unfortunately he didn’t offer to buy me anything.

Every month a woman menstruates. I don’t know how it happens or why but I do know that you have to use tampons or pads, or more commonly both. So once a month, on average you need 1 pack of tampons and 1 pack of pads. Some woman need more, some woman need less, but this is about 100:- a month. 100:- a month!!! That’s 1200:- a year!! From the age of 13 to 46 (the average age of menopause on Wikipedia) that’s 39,600:-!!! Think about that. Why do woman have to pay almost 40,000:- during their lives for something they can’t control. It’s not right. And think about a family of 3 daughters and a mother!! That’s bullshit. Gudrun Schyman has to have brought this topic up before.. Maybe I should write her a letter. If men had periods do you think pads and tampons would be free? I do.

Then there’s birth control. No one should pay for that either in any country in the world. I would think that would help with over population. Or maybe if birth control was free and prevalent around the world, people would stop reproducing. And the human race would die out. But besides money, I think birth control will never be free because men will always want to repress womans sexuality. Oh yeah… I said it.