This is food for thought for everyone.

I'm posting a link to a video showing the two recent female graduates of the elite Army Ranger course, in an attempt to eliminate the things that men and women do have in common, so we can focus on and discuss the differences. The women are seated at a table with their fellow male graduates. But even though everyone is wearing fatigues and has buzz cuts, we know which are the two females and we know they are feminine compared to the males. The only clues we have are physical: their voices, their smaller stature, their more delicate facial features. We cannot determine they are women in any other way - not by their clothes or their performance in Ranger school. And they have the same focus and determination as the men, their faces are no more animated when they speak than males.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/20/us/wom...ranger-course/

Gendermutt, when you give examples of feeling comfortable with women, you mention wearing women's clothing, walking through the women's section of stores, joining in on women's conversations, and understanding women's emotions. I am not saying you do not feel more comfortable with women, but the things you mention are not applicable to all women. Do you think you would feel comfortable hanging out with my son's SO? She is a sports trainer and does not miss a professional sports game. She isn't into clothes, makeup, etc. She doesn't particularly like to shop. Yet, she is feminine by virtue of having small features, no body hair, and a soft voice. It is true that women go through phases of adorning themselves more than men, but this is to satisfy the requirements of the age-old male/female dynamics together with meeting social standards. Fundamentally, hormones dictate that men pursue. And women adorn themselves so the men can find them! :D. The other things you mention: non-CD men can and do shop comfortably in women's stores for their wives, they're not embarrassed to do so, they also can feel comfortable talking to women and they can understand them. You also mention female mannerisms. I don't know what female mannerisms are, other than the physical differences between the sexes. We do walk differently because we have different centers of gravity. Some women gesticulate when they talk, but some men do as well. Men don't tend to cross their legs as much, but isn't this for comfort due to the different anatomies between our legs? So again, the fundamental differences are physical?