Why Can't a Woman Be More Like a Man?

The eternal question remains... why can't we figure each other out?

Enjoy this very amusing observation from Prof. Higgins from the movie, My Fair Lady (lyrics below).  He was confident that his lovely student would be overjoyed at her success at the ball, yet instead, she ran away in embarrassment.  For those who have watched this movie with Rex Harrison and Audrey Hepburn, it becomes noticeable that he is falling in love with her at this point, but he masks it with plenty of frustrated bluster and shouting that only confuses her.

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PROFESSOR HIGGINS:
Why can't a woman be more like a man?
Men are so honest, so thoroughly square;
Eternally noble, historically fair.
Who, when you win, will always give your back a pat.
Why can't a woman be like that?
Why does every one do what the others do?
Can't a woman learn to use her head?
Why do they do everything their mothers do?
Why don't they grow up, well, like their father instead?


Why can't a woman take after a man?
Men are so pleasant, so easy to please.
Whenever you're with them, you're always at ease.


Would you be slighted if I didn't speak for hours?


COLONEL PICKERING:
Of course not.


PROFESSOR HIGGINS:
Would you be livid if I had a drink or two?


COLONEL PICKERING:
Nonsense.


PROFESSOR HIGGINS:
Would you be wounded if I never sent you flowers?


COLONEL PICKERING:
Never.


PROFESSOR HIGGINS:
Well, why can't a woman be like you?


One man in a million may shout a bit.
Now and then, there's one with slight defects.
One perhaps whose truthfulness you doubt a bit,
But by and large we are a marvelous sex!


Why can't a woman take after a man?
'Cause men are so friendly, good-natured and kind.
A better companion you never will find.


If I were hours late for dinner would you bellow?


COLONEL PICKERING:
Of course not.


PROFESSOR HIGGINS:
If I forgot your silly birthday, would you fuss?


COLONEL PICKERING:
Nonsense.


PROFESSOR HIGGINS:
Would you complain if I took out another fellow?


Pickering
Never.


PROFESSOR HIGGINS:
Why can't a woman be like us?


[dialog]


PROFESSOR HIGGINS:
Why can't a woman be more like a man?
Men are so decent, such regular chaps;
Ready to help you through any mishaps;
Ready to buck you up whenever you're glum.
Why can't a woman be a chum?


Why is thinking something women never do?
And why is logic never even tried?
Straightening up their hair is all they ever do.
Why don't they straighten up the mess that's inside?


Why can't a woman behave like a man?
If I was a woman who'd been to a ball,
Been hailed as a princess by one and by all;
Would I start weeping like a bathtub overflowing,
Or carry on as if my home were in a tree?
Would I run off and never tell me where I'm going?
Why can't a woman be like me?