I wish they would make a movie like "I Love You Man" but with a woman who has trouble making female friends. Also, in the movie "Bridesmaids," Melissa McCarthy's character is a great example of a woman who has more male interests and personality, and she proves to be such a good friend to Kristen Wiig's character. I just remembered something I had to keep telling myself 5 years ago after my best girlfriend had dumped me...........To have a friend, you have to learn to be a friend. I don't know about anyone else, but I really had to look at myself truthfully, and ask if I was a good friend to the few female friends I had back then. To be brutally honest, I don't think I was. I mean I wasn't horrible, but I could've been better. Just a thought........maybe men don't expect as much emotional connection from us as a woman would in a friendship, so maybe it's easier for us to be friends with men because of that. We aren't very comfortable putting in that type of effort because we just aren't programmed like that from, say, unhealthy mother/daughter relationships. Years after my friend dumped me, I learned that she always thought it was strange that I never hugged her. I was surprised because she didn't seem like the hugging type either, but I now see how I wasn't in tune with her.........I could've paid more attention.

Also, it seems like we've always learned that women are the emotional creatures that cry at the drop of a hat and men are the rational mental beings we can count on to not break down in hysterics...........but as I get older, I'm starting to see that this is not really the case. Hopefully, we are starting to shift into a matriarchal society.
We need way more women leaders, and thinkers, and doers on the front lines. In a way, I'm thinking that mindful women who aren't just interested in social hot spots and stuff, should embrace their emotional nature as well, and that mind/heart duo would make one heck of a strong woman.

Oh, thanks for the definition, I think I've met a few of those.