This past weekend was my mother’s 55^th birthday and gifts were flowing into the house left, right and center. As usual, we opened one of the gifts and in that beautiful wrap were a set of plates, and cups; and I asked my sister, “Why is it that when people buy gifts for mothers, it is mostly what can be used in the kitchen”. My sister responded by saying, “What is wrong with buying kitchen utensils for women, after all, that’s what women also buy when shopping”.