Does anyone hate being female?

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There is nothing I like about being a female. Life is so much easier for males. If only we could choose.

I feel that way looking at my bf - he has muscles although he does very little exercise - it's just not fair.

But the mood I've been in for the past month or so is about stopping whining when things are not fair and just accepting that I have to work harder than him to achieve the same things. I was dealt a sh**ty one with these X chromosomes but it doesn't mean I CAN'T, is just means I have to work harder.

Work harder at getting in shape, work harder at confidence and self-reliance, work harder to arm myself against all the crap that is flying around this society making women feel less valuable than men.

For my weakness, in both senses of the word, I only have myself to blame - even if others do have an easier time of it.

Yup you can do it. Look at it as a process to be enjoyed for its own sake, rather than feeling sh***y because you still have a long way to go. Enjoy little achievements even though they're small - they're all steps to bigger ones. If you can lift more this week than you did last week, or swim further, or you've put on a very slight bit of muscle, that's good. If you can calmly tell someone to step off when they're being unreasonable rather than quietly swallowing s**t, that's good. You just overcame something.

I know that feeling. For me its difficult being a woman sometimes. I feel more comfortable talking around guys and hanging out with them than girls. For me a lot of girls get either dramatic, get all gushy about a guy and sometimes just want to talk. So for me I sometimes think if I should've been born a guy and sometimes I enjoy being a girl. I guess for me I'm the type of one of the guys type of girls.

I honestly used to really hate it, but I think I've just come to the conclusion that I am what I am. Regardless, my lack of interest in forming a sexual relationship or ever bearing children (I can not even stomach the idea of being pregnant, let alone consider it...as well as raising children, which I have NO interest in whatsoever) seems to be what I dislike most about being female. It seems, that the social stigma surrounding a woman who chooses not to do these two things is just...not so good. If I could get rid of the social ideals (and general stereotypes) surrounding my being female (as well as my breasts and periods) then I have to say I'd have no problem with it at all! The thing is, being expected to act a particular way is very frustrating, especially if it's perfectly normal for a male to do so.

Honestly, though, I rarely even realize my own gender and it surprises me sometimes when someone acts a certain way towards me. Surprises and frustrates me, moreless.