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I've lived with two women...one of which I was engaged to.
To say that it's not a matter of gender but that of personality, would be correct, but only to a degree. It's also a question of maturity, but since your question dealt specifically with gender issues, we'll go there instead.
Women are difficult, complicated and stressful. In general, their idea of what is clean, what is proper, what makes sense, is different from that of a man's. Even the nicest female can turn into a real bitch towards you once the day to day routine and reality of living together under the same roof sets in.
Men aren't typically as complicated, but they are more likely to be intrusive and messy. But men are more likely to be cool with you coming home in the wee hours with your drunken buddies, walking around half-naked, leaving the toilet seat up (wtf is big deal anyway...), or with the marijuana you have growing in the corner of your room. They are also less likely to change their opinion of you depending on the kind of friends you hang out with, the shows you watch, or whatever little habits you pick up. Women, on the other hand, instinctively try to turn you into whatever ideal they have of a male roommate. But since they're not romantically involved with you and can't withhold sex from you (=have no hand in the relationship), they are left powerless. They may change their opinion of you based on very slight grievances, and remember this: if you have a misunderstanding, it is easier to solve among men. With women, it all gets blown out of proportion, and nothing can be resolved quickly and painlessly...nooo, it's like a committee hearing that WILL involve a large base of her close friends and their half-baked opinions and thoughts, whether you are made aware of this, or not.
No, my friend. No. No. No.
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