Are women whiny?

I read about a swedish poll that was done by a magazine. The target group was men aged 40+ and the subject was: "What do you wish from your partner?" And the answers were:

1. Be more satisfied with yourself 55%
2. Surprise me sometime 25%
3. Stop whining at me 19%
4. Ask me how I like it in the sack 17%
5. Laugh more at my jokes 13%
6. Start to excercise so you get a nicer body 10%
7. Be sexier 8%
8. Be better at courting me 7%
9. Be better at talking about our relationship 7%
10. Be smarter 5%

Hmmm... Well... I can totally check that number 2 right off my to-do list, but don't you think there is something really weird about the number 1? It's so accurate. Why do we women have such a hard time being satisfied with ourselves?

Are men too feminine now a days?

Sweden is one of the most equal countries in the world. Which, of course, is fantastic. Still has a long way to go, but still way ahead. In Finland when you sometimes see a well dressed man you might think he is gay, because of his taste, but most of the time he is just swedish. In Sweden it has become an issue lately. Are men too in touch with their feminine side? I mean in midst of all the "pappaledighet" (paternal leave, in Sweden we have the longest in the world. Up to 7 months I think) and diperchanging and ironing (!), do men forget their manliness? Have we created a madonna-whore complex for men?

The difference between men and women

As a physical therapist I have given lectures for people about obesity, which is a great concern in the western countries. It is developing into a major Pandemic really. And it costs money like crazy. Anyway. One time when I was preparing for my lecture I found this article on the difference between men and women when it comes to psychology and obesity. The difference is:

Women: I know, this is my fault. I ate too much and exercised too little. I'm such a bad person.

Men: I have nothing to do with it, it's my genes. I was born with them.

Men vs. Women

Or, as I'd like to put it: Women vs. Men...

It's something that has been on my mind recently. I'm in the middle of changing my career (I know, perfect timing with the oh so exciting credit crunch shaking the planet off of it's course) and have been thinking of doing some more studies. My husband said something that made me say:

"Sometimes I HATE being a woman!"

He said: "You know that nobody will hire you as an 30+ woman (hey hey hey hold your horses, this rosebud is not 30 yet, but if I study a few years...I will be) with no kids. That means we have to do the kids (I know, so romantic, my man) when you study." He's not insensitive, just very pragmatic.

Mioli: BUT I DON'T WANNA!!!!!

So now I'm all about proving him wrong! I'm gonna do my studies, start a fabulous career, have kids, once I'm 30+ and ready for it, and be an even more fabulous mom (a fabulous 30 + mom WITH a career!).

That was the first thing. The second thing was:


I did a job (event marketing) for Philips that included me demonstarting their fancy ironing system. People: It's not JUST an iron! It's an entire SYSTEM! Before the job I got a really good education in the subject and there they told me:

Philips has done a market analysis that established that 48% of the men in the Nordic countries iron their own clothes themselves. That is an exceptionally high percentage compared to other regions/countries.

Mioli: Okay...WTF????? 48%!!!! And that's good? Exceptionally good? You've got to be kidding me?!!!

And 11% of those men iron naked. All of them live in Gothenburg.

Okay, that I dig.


I think alot more men and women would iron if it looked a little bit more like this doing it: