A woman is like water

I remember having this conversation with an old friend when I had just begun to work. We were talking about how a woman's responsibility only seems to increase with time. His view was that a "Woman is like Water"...She has to take shape of the container that she is poured into. I somehow couldn't take it as this guy seemed to be sounding like a male chauvinist. We argued and argued until to seemed endless.

After so many years, I have somehow come to understand the beauty of this statement. Though my friend might not have intended this way but surely we women are like water and can adapt to any situation so beautifully and gracefully.Indeed we are like water.