What does it mean to be a female? (From a male's point of view -- this is a tremendous mystery). Aside from anatomical differences, and hormonal differences to support the anatomical -- there are elemental "value" differences that leave male observers breathless, perplexed, and stunned into silence.
Body image, beauty, weight, skin clarity, health -- these issues are the concern of both genders, but not the "same" concern. Men won't react to their own "bad skin" unless it is peopled with things that look like cancer or move about on their own. Men routinely develop the "pot belly" of middle age and, though trying mightily to wish it away, rarely go to the extremes of "vacuuming the fat cells off" or serious lifestyle (diet and exercise) changes. Why? Not because they don't wish for a slimmer body -- but because they truly can't do it -- too many obstacles: work, time, energy, etc. And simply -- they don't see the need for it!
That makes men vain in a curiously ironic way; or stupid, in a predictably lazy way; or just plain simple. Men try to live "in the moment" but often don't clearly see the moment they are in. Yikes.
Blinded by the light of their own brilliantly momentary confusion!
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