The Female Brain Page #11

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- Oh.

- Yeah.

Yeah, well I'm not a

cat person 'cause they, uh

they're d*cks.

- Oh.

- So that clears that up.

Alright. Well..

Fine.

Let's just blame this one

on me then, I..

I don't really do

the whole passion,

love thing.

I'm just not that kind

of girl, I guess.

Oh, you're totally

that kind of girl.

- Re -- really?

- Yeah.

You're also

a f***ing liar.

- I'm sorry?

- Well,

'cause you were married.

So you're not

a workaholic.

You're just heartbroken.

Okay.

Okay. Fine.

Even more proof

that this is impossible.

So, thank you.

Thanks for coming.

Uh, bye.

What about, uh, brain

uh, plasticity,

elasticity?

- Plasticity?

- Plasticity, right.

I read about it online.

It says you can

change your brain, so..

What now?

- O -- okay, um..

Can we just..

Just drop it.

You know, for someone

who studies women

you sure seem

to hate being one.

Ah.. You need validation?

Or, I don't..

No, maybe you should take

one of your own tests

sometime.

[scoffs]

I don't need to.

I've rewired my brain.

- Cool.

- So..

- Well done.

- Thank you.

F***!

[instrumental music]

[knock on door]

[sighs]

Lex..

Holy sh*t.

Are you okay?

- Hi.

- You look..

Why do you look different?

Are you wearing..

- Are you wearing a wig?

- No.

This is what I look like.

No make-up.

No blow-drying.

No straightening

and then re-curling.

No tanning.

No false lashes.

Just a couple.

I couldn't

get them all off.

No nails. Nothing.

Um..

Were you evicted?

[chuckles]

No, um, I..

I just wanted to show you

that I can stop

all of this stuff,

you know

and I can stop..

...trying to..

...change you

all the time, uh..

Adam, I know

it feels terrible.

Um, my mother,

you have met

a very lovely lady.

But she criticized me

my entire life

and, um..

Well, I guess that I..

I don't know, I guess..

I...I kind of caught it,

um..

And, um,

I honestly thought

that when you

love someone

that you were

s -- supposed to..

...try to improve them,

this..

The.. And change..

I don't know.

I thought

you change them.

- You change yourself --

- Why would you..

- Why would you do that?

- Look plea.. This..

[stammering]

I look hideous

right now --

- You do not look hideous.

- No, I am.

- Lex.

- I've just looked

at myself in the mirror.

And it's a shocker.

I know what I look like.

If you didn't put all that

sh*t in your hair

and on your face --

- I know.

- I've never noticed

you have freckles.

- They look..

They're so cute.

- It -- it's..

They're freckles and it's

sun damage as well, I..

Yeah. I did. I had some..

Did a bit of laser

and then it..

I didn't do the sunscreen

and they kind of came back

and I made it worse.

Um, anyway,

I always thought

that I had to

cover them up

to be perfect for..

To be perfect for you.

I hope that didn't

come from me.

I never want you

to feel that way.

You didn't. I don't know

why I thought that.

Look at you.

You look, you look like

the Wendy's girl.

- Who's Wendy?

- The Wendy's girl

with the pigtails.

- Red hair

and the freckles.

- Who's she?

The fast food joint.

The burger joint.

- Is she fat?

- Is she fat?

No, I'm not

calling you fat.

I'm saying you look cute

with your freckles.

You don't have Wendy's

in the UK?

No. We don't.

- You look incredible.

- Thank you.

You do. I'm speaking

for every guy out there.

Thank you.

So..

...here I am, and, um..

...my freckles

and my hair..

And I just wanted to say

that I'm so sorry.

And that if..

If you could

forgive me, then..

...I would really

really, really like to..

I'd really like to

try again with you.

[sighs]

[instrumental music]

[sighs]

[clanging]

Okay.

I'm willing to give

this another shot

on one condition.

- I wanna know

that you can handle --

- Yes.

Being demoted

to just my girlfriend.

- Just my girlfriend.

-Yes.

You're not my stylist.

Okay?

You're not

my nutritionist.

- You're not

my beautician.

- No.

You're not my doctor.

You're my girlfriend.

Can you handle that?

I accept my demotion.

[sighs]

I don't..

I don't wanna have to say

this, but when you

when you try

and change me..

...it does hurt.

It hurts my feelings.

I'm so, so sorry.

[clanging]

[sighs]

I'll be honest, if it

wasn't for your nitpicking

I probably would never

have gone

to the doctor, so..

Don't let this go

to your frizzy head

but thank you

for saving my life.

You're welcome.

There's no goop!

[sighs]

[instrumental music]

[music continues]

So, it turns out

I couldn't hack

my neurochemicals.

But I guess

the real question is

why did I want to

so badly?

Maybe I didn't need to

change my brain.

Maybe I just needed

to change

my interpretation of it.

After years of research

I found that the male

and female brain

is wired very differently.

Frankly, I was disappointed

by the results

because they didn't feel

like social progress.

So, I kept looking

for a bias.

I re-did the studies

over and over again

and I did find

a bias after all.

A very...problematic

and...subjective bias.

And that bias was me.

I went into all this

thinking that girls

being emotional, sensitive

hyper-vigilant

was a bad thing

because our society

makes us

feel so ashamed of it.

I viewed these qualities

as weaknesses.

But that was a flaw

in my approach.

And in many ways, my life.

The truth is that

these stereotypical

female qualities

are actually strengths.

Nurturing.

Passionate.

Tenacious.

Supportive and resilient.

These don't seem

that bad.

And even though

the female brain

can, at times,

be complicated

and confusing

nobody can deny

our ability

to get back up.

Every day our brains

tell us

there is a lot

to be afraid of.

But even though

we're hardwired

to avoid danger,

we're also wired

for courage.

So, when it comes

to fight or flight

flight is always easier.

But every now and then

you come across something

that's worth

fighting for.

- Hi.

- Oh, hey.

It's

Dr. Strangely Hates Love.

That was funny.

- Then laugh.

- I was about to.

I was literally

just about to do that

if you'd let me finish.

[sighs]

These lights

are really pretty.

I don't think this

is gonna work for me.

Uh, I read the papers

you posted online.

- It's bleak stuff.

- Okay.

That's fair. That's fair.

Um, however..

It's -- it's..

You're not wrong.

It's..

Science is bleak.

And I'm sorry about that.

Hi.

Uh, but I, I looked at

my brain scans

and it turns out

I'm a girl

which is

terribly inconvenient

but I'm gonna

work through it.

You can honestly tell me

this would ever work?

No. What? No.

I can't do that.

Yeah, you need to watch

more movies

'cause that's not what

the girl's supposed to say

to the guy when she's

trying to get him back.

It's just not the..

Okay, well, I'm not

gonna lie to you.

This is all a bunch

of chemical reactions

that are eventually gonna,

you know, peter out.

Here we go.

You're gonna think

other girls are pretty.

And you're gonna stop

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