Judi, I reckon that after maybe 50 years of feminism (all that burning of the bras) and the previous 100+ years of sufferrage (ladies in long gowns chaining themselves to the gates at Parliament to get the vote),
women still decide to allow men to think they're the smart ones.
Hence we cry (tears of laughter, no?
xxx
But we live far longer because we cry. That's a fact.