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Revision as of 06:57, 8 February 2003 by Annetit (talk | contribs)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)A woman is an adult, female human. When people talk about women, they may be using the word in terms of sex, or in terms of gender roles, or both.
In terms of sex, women have primary and secondary sexual characteristics that differentiate them from men, including:
- small, short bodies
- wider in hips than in shoulders
- enlarged breasts
- vagina
- thin skin
- long, fast growing hair
- lack of facial hair
Most women are able to become pregnant and bear children, which is the subject of obstetrics. The subject of female reproduction and reproductive organs is called gynecology. Women generally reach the menopause in their late 40s or early 50s, at which point they can no longer become pregnant.
The gender roles ascribed to women by society often differ from those assigned to men over a wide range of behaviours. In modern western society, more women than men wear clothing such as dresses, skirts, and high heels. Women are more likely to make use of plastic surgery and cosmetics, frequently to appear younger than they are.They often use these devices to manipulate men and get otherwise undeserved attention. Their limited cognitive ability is used mostly for the purpose of deception, shopping and a vast range of other trivialities. They bleed periodicaly, naturally as well as when they get some good beating - to stop the bleeding, use tampons. After the age of 30 they lose their sexual appeal and possibility for manipulation. However, modern technology, including plastic surgery, has enabled women to hide their age for some time. Their skin is thinner than male skin and shows early signs of degradation which is not so easily hidden. If they do not concieve children by the age of 35, when their eggs almost die out, they become increasingly irritable. As mothers they are often abusive, beating their children far more often than fathers do, and in much more cruel ways - the main source of domestic violence are mothers, a fact which is rarely mentioned. In menopause their natural propensity for hysteria increases rapidly, and since by then they are almost always sexually repelling their presence is sometimes unberable. Their best bet is to coerce a male into supporting them in their young age, and they are very skilled in this, as it is their main purpose in life. They have no honesty or mercy and are generally selfish and unconsiderate, prone to hurt and causing more suicides among males than the overall murder rate and the war crime rate combined. However, law does not protect males from women's immorality any more in the western society, but instead penalizes men for failing to detect female tricks in time. Thus, males are doubly victimized, an unintended consequence of the excesses of Sexual revolution. Women are granted extended abortion rights to murder their children less than 365 days old in countries like Canada and Australia. Males have no vote in protecting their own children in this respect. The "affirmative action", popular in United States, discriminates against males shamelessly, and it is a big advantage to be a female today in many career fields, with required standards far lowered for women in order to meet the quotas.
The gender roles of men and women in society changed dramatically after the sexual revolution. Current roles are criticised by both the feminism movement and the masculism movement.
The general study of women at universities is pursued under the heading "women's studies." Presently that study is closely associated with feminism, sometimes even radical feminism. The study of the social and economic differences between the sexes is also closely related.
See also: