What is it About Women?

Everywhere you look you can find groups of women around; talking, eating, walking, shopping, working out. Whatever they are doing, they are usually in groups. Unless it involves sports or beer, men usually don't congregate this way. What is it about women, that makes us want to always be with each other?

In my short life I've been fortunate to have been surrounded by a strong bond of women from the moment of my birth. My mom, aunts, grandma and female cousins are all close, spend time supporting each other through thick and thin, and enjoy spending quality time together. When the whole family gets together, it's fun to watch and listen to the interaction of the females in my family, because we are always sharing the latest news and usually finding something to laugh about. My mom and I have forged strong female bonds with neighbors and friends; bonds that have lasted and continue to grow. After being so grateful for all these females in my life, I have to wonder, why aren't men like this? This may be because most women are more curious than men about others' lives and seem to be able to talk about almost anything with a stranger. Men tend to be more closed off until they get to know someone, whereas women tend to just jump right in and start the "getting to know someone" process. After women get to know someone, they want to know more, not only because they are curious, but also because they care.

I have to wonder though, why do we care? It's almost obvious females are more emotionally intuned with themselves and others than men are. Women must be born with it... we are natural nurturers and usually share strong empathy for one another. For example, when one of my childhood friends became pregnant at the beginning of our freshman year in college, a bunch of her mom's friends and co-workers got together and threw her a baby shower in order to show their support and love. While at the baby shower, I realized how lucky she was to have all these females surrounding her and letting her know she was not in this alone. Women automatically become support systems for each other, especially when something bad happens.

College life has offered another spin for me on the importance of women bonding together: I don't know what I would have done without the first friends I made in the dorm, or my new sorority sisters, and I know that throughout each stage of my life, my female friends and family will be the ones who keep me strong. Women need each other in order to be happy and successful. Although women and men do share a special bond, a man could never replace the female relationships women have with each other. There's nothing quite like a girlfriend, sister, aunt, or mother to tell every detail to and know she is actually listening.

Everywhere you look you will see women bonding together to make life better. Women have been getting together for years now and supporting breast cancer survivors and victims with the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. It sponsors breast cancer, definitely a female issue, but men get prostate cancer, and they have yet to set up any kind of national fundraiser.

Men just don't seem to share the same "togetherness" women crave. They seem to be more quiet and stand-offish with each other. Males and females are born with different mental and emotional hard drives. Maybe Men are from Venus, Women are from Mars is actually a true statement, and science agrees: scientific evidence proves that powerful feminine hormones are the reason women are able to nurture and love not only their infants, but everyone around them. Someday women are going to nurture and love this world into total health, peace, and harmony.