It’s all change at gender stations.

Female mechanics. Male nurses. Boys getting manicures. Women in breeches. Hell’s teeth! Has the world lost its marbles!

I jest of course. Being able to take the best bits of being a girl and mixing them with the most marvellous bits of being a boy is wonderous.

But I do believe that there are times when you really want a man to be a man and a woman to be a woman – and not just in the jiggery-pokery department!

It’s the differences between us that draw us together. That’s why we call each other ‘the opposite sex’. Partners are supposed to compliment each other – and I don’t mean, “nice strides Johnny” I mean they should be the person who fills in the gaps to make you one hell of a super human. The person who provides food when you’re so hungry you could eat a buttered frog but all you’re capable of is burning toast. Or the one who prevents your car from running over a cliff because they notice your brakes feel a bit dodgy when you thought it was just your new kitten heels.

With this thought in mind I suspect that one area in which people fail when first dating is that they try to highlight their ‘unnatural’ gender qualities. Women try to show how independent they are, which can lead to virtually listing the reasons why they ‘don’t need a man’ – and he thinks, “perhaps I’ll just go home if I’m so unnecessary”. Guys can show their softer side which, although sweet, doesn’t give a gal much to look forward to in the bedroom. Kittens and puppies are cute but when it gets down to brass tacks you need a tiger between the sheets.

Make no mistake, it’s ‘horses for courses’. There will be people out there who think I’m talking complete balls. But, if you’re finding that your dating prowess is somewhat lacking, why not try a little traditional role-play. Girls, faun a little (not a lot, don’t go mad!) boys, put down the wine glass, grab a pint, scratch your groin, and talk about engines. Ok so it might not be ‘politically correct’ but when you’ve been on 30 dates and not had so much as a snog at the bus stop, your principles can be put on hold, if only for one night!

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