This week we asked a variety of women from Lena Dunham and Ruth Bader Ginsburg to our community on Facebook and Twitter, "What's your favorite thing about being a woman?" The answer? All of it. Dressing up, giving life, your relationships with other women -- you and Katie Couric and Sandra Fluke cited all of these perks and more as reasons you love being female. Here's more of what you, our readers, had to say.
What's your favorite thing about being a woman? Please tell us on Facebook or Twitter or write it in the comments below.
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Storified by Brittany Erin Binowski · Thu, Nov 15 2012 10:20:50
@HuffPostWomen Living the example of those before me, and being an example for those after me. #whyilovebeingawomanLouise
@HuffPostWomen #whyilovebeingawoman: because I will never be, or be pressured into being, "one of the lads".Brogan Driscoll
@HuffPostWomen High heels, red lipstick, oh what the hell, EVERYTHING #whyilovebeingawomantiamattson
@HuffPostWomen Getting to play dress up every single day. #WhyILoveBeingAWomanBrittany Mann
The power in my beauty and being a creatrix! RT @HuffPostWomen: What's your favorite thing about being a woman? #whyilovebeingawomanAlanna Garone
my vaginaJessica Andrea
Scientifically women are more prone to language skills, empathy, and utilizing both lobes of our brains making it easier for us to multi-task…all of these things make us great leaders.Jill Grover-West
Having curvy parts that seem to distract the opposite sex. ;)Mia Adams
There are many things I like about being a woman but my favorite thing is motherhood. Being able to carry my babies for 9 months as I bonded with each in utero and then watching them be born. That experience was priceless!Linda Shifflett Blevins
seriously, feeling the sensation of creating another human being inside my own body.Sunshine Johnson
There’s a power that comes with STRIVING to be that successful, accomplished, independent women…society doesn’t expect it from us, we have to work hard for it…knowing that every morning when I wake up, I am closer to breaking the barriers set against me is invigorating and liberatingMelissa Howell
I guess it's just... not being a man.Laura Haire