I grew up with brothers and sisters. Brothers were easier but more distant. Sisters were more supportive but more competitive. Your colleague could well be ND. It does affect how you feel about the sexes. Here is my list about my frustrations with women:
women talk endlessly about their children, never about themselves. I want to hear about you
older women talk endlessly about their grandchildren, rarely about themselves. I want to hear about you. Men are okay talking about themselves and don't often talk about children
some older women spend their hard-fought retirement looking after grandchildren, neglecting themselves, instead of travelling the world, taking up new hobbies, having time for yourself, just reading a book. You're dead a long time. I think men get that
a woman's identity seems to be, so often, absent as it's tied up with someone else's identity. The average man couldn't function without knowing and projecting his own identity
some women can't leave a restaurant without saying goodbye endlessly on the pavement. Men tend to say one goodbye and leave
women do strange things to their faces and bodies (spiders in your eyes / big lips etc) which takes time and money and a lot of looking at yourself in the mirror (narcissism), but the results aren't always better. Men (unless they're body builders) aren't that bothered with altering themselves or what their reflection looks like
women talk A LOT, but substance often isn't there. Also they laugh A LOT while talking. What's so funny? Men laugh less and say more with less words
some women can't get passed the people-pleasing thing but it makes them fake because they'll smile at your face but probably wish you gone. Men don't usually do people-pleasing which makes them more honest
women embraced the false promise of 'having it all' and ended up with the reality 'doing it all'
women seethe with resentment from 'doing it all' but they can't or won't take the necessary steps to make sure they only do their fair share. Men will invest a lot in protecting their laziness and won't necessarily feel guilty about it
women gossip about personal things to do with others. So they may well be gossiping about me right? I find personal details, especially if it involves bitchiness, boring and irrelevant ... and so probably do most men
some women think its a great thing to be a multi-tasker. I know that being a multi-tasker makes you responsible for everything and a master of nothing. Men know this too. So did Leonardo da Vinci. I prefer to be like them - good on single focus. It makes for a far more rewarding life too
some women, even in this day and age, seem to put themselves last and won't demand or fight for freedoms that should be universal. But I'm not sure putting yourself last helps anyone and some women end up looking like martyrs. Men know that martydom isn't a good look.
On this site I can't believe the lack of fair share between couples when it comes to domestic duties. I'm literally gobsmacked. So many women complaining and putting up with, but not acting with real determination and commitment to ensure they are treated fairly. Men would act - they wouldn't accept being worked to death like the 'noble' horse Boxer from Animal Farm
On this site again - why do so many women end up looking after their partner's parents because, apparently, that's what women do? I never did. I liked his parents but that's about it. A man won't look after your parents
Women can be extremely intelligent, capable and organised - but for many, instead of this being their pathway to leadership roles, high salaries, great discoveries etc, they exhaust themselves with detail and mundane chores that usually relate to other people, not even themselves. Men will make sure they use these qualities to better themselves and improve their position in the world
women of an older generation can be very embittered. They didn't have the opportunities and freedoms their daughters have so they can come across as rather shallow, sad creatures. Men of the same age are used to coming from lines of successful men with their own autonomy. They don't look back in anger or horror at their fettered ancestors
Most women appear to be driven by biology. It's literally 'I want a baby' and economic / global issues, climate change, personal circumstance don't seem to figure much in the equation
Women don't seem to like women who outwardly display courage, commitment, anger, rage, their opinions and their demands. Secretly, they want to keep that 'little' woman in the same hole they're in? Men will admire strength of personality in another man and want to be like him
Women in some cultures will quite happily rip a female's genitals out. There's no way the average man will interfere with another man's junk
All of which you might think are sweeping generalisations, but I think there's truth in all of them.
The positives about women: There are so many brilliant successful women out there who don't laugh at things that aren't funny, don't people-please, can say goodbye just the once and won't tolerate gossip - think Kemi Badenoch, Anne Widdicombe, Greta Thunberg, Beth Mead, Karen Brady, Helen Sharman, Serena Weigman, Angela Merkel, Angela Raynor
Strangely, I dislike women more than men for both their failings and their strengths. Can't win I suppose, but I make it my life's work to NOT be the things that I seem to despise so much in some women