I've never found it made the slightest difference being a woman - though there is a sort of feeling that as you get older you're not so interesting.
“Even though I pretty much made my own decisions early on, when I was younger I tended to overbook my life.”
“Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures.”