What it is like to be a Woman

"If you want to know what it is like to be a woman, ask one."

This notion is almost amusing to me. Many assume that women are what gender roles describe them to be. This is to say that, typically, women are emotional, irrational, motherly and sexually reserved. This "outline" of women is a social construct; not every women fits those terms. Some women may fit none of those terms. In today's society it means many different things to be a woman. Even though the fight for women's equality is not done it is certainly at a different place than before. Now, women do not have to fit those certain roles or behaviors. Now, women do not have to be sexually reserved or motherly. Some women choose to have no motherly responses and others choose to expound upon their sexuality.

To know what it is like to be a woman cannot be determined by society, it is determined by women themselves. So I agree that if you want to know what it is like to be a woman, you should ask one, instead of assume the truth of a gender role that is far too dated.