Why can’t a woman be more like a man?
We can only hope that, for most Guardian Weekly readers, ideas around gender conformity have moved on a bit from My Fair Lady.
Lawrie Bradly, Surrey Hills, Victoria, Australia
• The world would be a better place if men showed more caring and empathy and less testosterone-driven aggression.
David Isaacs, Sydney, Australia
• Because she is a fish who does not need a bicycle.
Jennifer Horat, Lengwil, Switzerland
• Women want to retain their ability to walk and chew gum at the same time.
David Tucker, Halle, Germany
• Perhaps because the men who make the rules want to scale down the competition.
Richard Orlando, Westmount, Quebec, Canada
• Because she would never stoop so low.
Malcolm Shuttleworth, Odenthal, Germany
• Because she would no longer be a fair lady.
Charlie Bamforth, Davis, California, US
• Why would she want to?
Avril Taylor, Dundas, Ontario, Canada
• After 53 years of marriage I believe I know the answer, but my wife, in her wisdom, believes you must find out for yourself.
John Geffroy, Las Vegas, New Mexico, US
• Because she is smarter.
Lillian Henning, Nantucket, Massachusetts, US
• Because “there is nothing like a dame”.
RM Fransson, Wheat Ridge, Colorado, US
• Why would she try? She knows what they’re really like!
Robin McMurdo, Berry, NSW, Australia
Thou shalt not get caught
How about an 11th commandment for our tempestuous times?
Keep calm and put the kettle on.
Michael Allen Fox, Teneriffe, Queensland, Australia
• Thou shalt not twitter.
Wolfgang Schmickler, Ulm, Germany
• Do unto others as you would have done unto you.
David Turner, Bellevue Heights, South Australia
• Thou shalt not seek revenge on the person who replaced you as leader.
Ursula Nixon, Bodalla, NSW, Australia
• Thou shalt not introduce any further commandments.
Cameron Grant, Nailsworth, South Australia
• Thou shalt not rely on a mythical being to make everything all right.
John Standingford, Adelaide, South Australia
• Thou shalt not get caught.
Christopher Clarke, Canberra, ACT, Australia
• Thou shalt not hold it against me if none of the above fail to lick thy miserable life into shape.
Tijne Schols, The Hague, The Netherlands
They lived happily ever after
Will we be ever happy?
If we were happy, we would cease to be human and turn into cats.
Carolea Hassard, Poolville, Texas, US
• We can be happy momentarily; “ever happy” is a Disney construct.
Jennifer Rathbone, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Any answers?
We hear a lot about England’s north-south divide. Where would the actual line be drawn between the north and the south? Does it ever move?
Julian Hodge, Wellington, New Zealand
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