WHAT DO WOMEN WANT?

Several years ago, in a moment of mystified frustration, my brother ADI asked me,

"What do women WANT?"

A seemingly simple question had rendered me speechless. I considered that this was a very old question. Indeed, I seemed to recall that Sigmund Freud had posed that very same query many years ago, and I couldn't recall that he ever came up with an answer.

Of course, he probably never asked a woman.

As I considered my own answers to the question, I realized that this was going to be a lot more complex than would appear on the surface. I began posing this "simple" question to female friends, acquaintances and evcn strangers .

Hmmm…interesting reactions…interesting looks…interesting answers…

As each response was made I wrote it down on an index card. Soon I had collected quite a pile of cards and a remarkable variety of answers. In spare moments, I would take out my "deck" of cards and shuffle through them, randomly at first, then, purposefully, dealing the cards into piles of related topics. Gradually, patterns formed before my eyes…wonderful patterns of words, thoughts, emotions, and - yes - poetry.

It is the purpose of this page to present to you my compositions of these women's words. Some of them were compiled from multiple answers, and some of them are individual efforts. I have noted immediately after each title, in parentheses, the number of contributors. Allow me to introduce you to the words of many wonderful women, spanning the ages of 2 months to 70 years, telling us in no uncertain terms, just what it is they think women want.

A RECURRING THEME (9)	Air for my grandchildren… Freedom to love without fear… Freedom… Freedom from repression… Respect… Freedom of space and self-expression… Intimacy… Freedom… Freedom to be one's own self… Whether needy or……………….distant… Freedom… Freedom from guilt… Freedom… Freedom…
HEAVEN ON EARTH (1)	I want no more pain, suffering, tears, grief, death; I want unending peace and joy. In short, I want heaven on earth, and I want it NOW. Plus, I want my own field of wildflowers and a good horse to ride.