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50 Things a Woman Should Be Able To Do

50 Things a Woman Should Be Able To Do

Last updated on: October 25, 2012 at 4:21 am by Joe Carter

50 Things a Woman Should Be Able To Do 2012-10-25T04:21:24+00:00 Joe Carter

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Last week I posted a list of “50 Things a Man Should Be Able To Do.” In the interest of gender equality I thought I should compile a similar list oriented toward woman. I’m not qualified to compose a complete list myself, of course, so I only came up with 35 and let Eishes Chayil provide the first 15:

1. Identify and choose quality animal and plant based textiles.

2. Select imported foodstuffs.

3. Wake up early, preferably before sunrise.

4. Prepare meals for small groups

5. Evaluate undeveloped land.

6. Purchase agricultural-based investment properties.

7. Perform the duties of a viticulturist.

8. Operate a home-based retail business.

9. Develop profitable trading strategies.

10. Volunteer for charitable functions.

11. Oversee domestic resource management.

12. Produce quilts, bedspreads, coverlets, blankets, throws, and shams.

13. Dress herself in fine apparel.

14. Speak with wisdom and kindness.

15. Fear God.

I am solely to blame for the remaining items:

16. Be able to dance in at least one style that is not preceded by the modifier, “belly,” “dirty”, or “pole.”

17. Shake hands with the proper level of firmness.

18. Know how to apply the concept “sunk costs” to finances and relationships.

19. Help another woman remove herself from an abusive relationship.

20. Use jumper cables to start a dead battery.

21. Read a “woman’s magazine” without thinking you need to change something about your own body.

22. Spend time on Pinterest without feeling the need to redecorate a room, cook a new dish, exercise more, or plan a wedding.

23. Fix a toilet tank flapper.

24. Comfort the dying.

25. Carry on a conversation with a close female friend without (a) talking about someone you are involved with romantically, or (b) gossiping about other women.

26. Perform basic troubleshooting on the electronic device you use most frequently (cell phone, personal computer, etc.).

27. Recognize the difference between a malicious and unintentional slight—and be able to forgive both.

28. Bring home the bacon. Fry it up in a pan.

29. Explain to a younger girl the value of modesty.

30. Match colors to your skin tone.

31. Calculate compound interest on investments.

32. Help a boy or man tie on a necktie.

33. Exhibit moderate proficiency and/or knowledge in at least one sport.

34. Calculate, in your head, the alcohol to weight ratio for yourself and the two friends that you most frequently attend social functions with.

35. Make it through the rest of your life without asking the fifty-fourth dumbest question in the English language: “Does this outfit make me look fat?”

36. Fulfill the functions of a Maid of Honor.

37. Explain to a clueless male all of the functions of a Best Man.

38. Get a male paramour to change his behavior without his realizing you were playing the svengali.

39. Be alone without being lonely.

40. Use both a slotted and Phillips screwdriver.

41. Discern when it’s appropriate to make other people feel comfortable and when the proper course is to make them as uncomfortable as possible about their behavior.

42. Encourage chivalry.

43. Take advice from an older, wiser woman.

44. Determine your net worth to within a thousand dollars.

45. Fend off a physical attack, an unwanted advance, and a full-scale invasion of Colorado by Soviet and Cuban troops.

46. Make friends that are not from your place of education, work, or worship.

47. Admit to yourself that your project to change your husband will take five years longer than you had planned.

48. Calculate the percentage off a sales item without using a calculator.

49. Identify the symptoms of a heart attack—the leading cause of death in women.

50. Be able to list at least 50 more things a woman should be able to do.

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