also never thought or said, "It's difficult because I'm a woman." It was far more of a, "Hey, look what happened when I tried that experiment. Interesting!" And I just ran with it. One of the reasons why women have to work harder than men in the business world is because two thousand years ago western populations stopped worshipping male and female deities and became monotheists and womrn lost their ancient religious role and powers. When the story of Adam and Eve was interpreted in terms of the origin of sin on account of Eve's perceived desire, women were deemed unfit for official roles in the priesthood. But the constituents of the Adam and Eve creation story pre-date the Old Testament, and when observed in an older light may be interpreted as an important 'history' long obscured in monotheism. At her origins the naked Eve was a heroine bringing an uplifting and world-changing event into the human story. (My book on the subject is: Eden: The Buried Treasure.) Thanks for your reply. There is more, much more, to the beautiful Genesis story of the naked couple in the natural world. They existed long before the Old Testament was set into written form and are to be found in some of the world's oldest literature: the epic poem of Gilgamesh. The Epic of Gilgamesh circulated in Msopotamia from whence came Abraham and his descendants in the second millennium BC. this 'history' also records the first man to enter the garden paradise