Esquire – May, 2006
10
Things You Don't Know About Women
| 1. | We actually can open the jar ourselves. But we just love the way your eyes bug out when you do it for us. |
| 2. | Women grab their crotches, too. We just have the decency to do it in private. |
| 3. | Sometimes the answer to the question "Is something wrong" is really no. |
| 4. | Some of us prefer boxing to yoga. None of us actually likes Pilates. |
| 5. | You want a night out with the boys. We also want a night out with the boys. |
| 6. | When women say they don't fantasize about other men, they're lying. |
| 7. | When we say we don't fantasize about any other women, we're lying then, too. |
| 8. | Many of us prefer a good single-malt Scotch to an apple saketini. |
| 9. | We don't think it's cute to be referred to as "the little lady." |
| 10. | We've been taught secret karate death moves at birth so that we can kick your ass, but we've chosen as a gender to spare your life. |
Padma Lakshmi plays Princess Bithia in the upcoming ABC miniseries The Ten Commandments and Geeta in the film Mistress of Spices, in theaters April 21.
