To be a woman...

You know, we're really not THAT complicated.  Underneath it all what a girl really wants is to know that she is all the woman her man ever needs or wants -- that her man values her & realizes he is not, in fact, better off alone or with another.

The creation story in Genesis says that God looked upon Adam & said "It is not good that man should be alone." <~~ SEE!  Right there, it is not good to be alone...  So He formed woman from Adam's rib to be a help-meet as one that walks with him & stands by his side.  That is how it was intended.  Neither of them of them standing on the other & neither of them hiding behind the other but standing side by side!

I take particular notice of the function of a rib -- cuz, I'm just symbolic enough to find it significant that the creation story says woman started as a rib, not as an arm or foot or finger.

Any decent A&P student will tell you that structure follows function.  It is often mentioned at marriage seminars & such that ribs are close to the heart of man.  This is true but it is so because of the particular function of a rib.  A rib PROTECTS the heart of man, it's proximity to the heart is necessary to perform it's function.  Further, it forms the shape needed for respiration & allows the lungs to expand & contract for breath all WHILE protecting vital organs.  THIS is what a woman began as...  this is what we are meant to be...  and, I find it significant that, when forming woman, God left 12 ribs inside Adams chest & removed only 1 that gets to walk by his side.