How to defer to men in solve-able predicaments

This is the next line in the song, and one I can't say I agree with regarding myself. Yes, I'm very prone to defer to people in general, men & women, if the subject in question is something that I don't really care about. But if it's something I feel strongly about I usually never defer. I'm willing to fight my battles if the subject is worth fighting for. My mother has often accused me of being very stubborn so I'm also very good at standing my ground - though not very gracefully because I also have quite a temper that tends to get the better of me when I get agitated.

As for another subject... My friend Betinna gave birth to a lovely baby boy yesterday, 55 cm long and 4060 g. I was so excited! The birth sounded like quite an ordeal, very long and very painful. In the end she needed to have a c-section because he wouldn't pop out on his own. Giving birth just seems to be a living nightmare but to me at least it's something that I won't miss if I get the choice. I seriously don't understand the women who deliberately chooses before hand that they will have a c-section under anaesthetic to avoid the pain. Being pregnant and giving birth to a baby is how it's meant to be so if it's possible to do it the natural way I can't understand how anyone could not want to have that experience. This is making me think of another thing: knowing the sex of the baby. It's highly likely that I feel differently about this if I was in the actual position, but right now I feel like it's a bit of a spoiled surprise to know in advance. I mean, there's something special about that moment (in movies at least) where the doctor announces: "It's a boy!" or "It's a girl!". Of course there's the problemem of decorating the nursery and buying the clothes... Maybe practicality will take over as a first priority.
I haven't seen my friend or the baby yet but I'm planning to go to the hospital with my friend sometime this week. We're both so excited about going shopping for baby clothing - I guess, it's a girl thing. Just looking at those teenie tiny pants and shirts makes me go "awwww!" - they're just so cute. It's quite unbelievable that a humanbeing can be so small.
I don't know the name of the newborn baby boy yet but the names Alexander and Benjamin are as far as I know still the prime candidates. Both fine picks in my opinion. Sometimes I'm amazed at what people will actually name their children. Well, I guess "Louise" wasn't the most inventful name to give a baby because I usually share it with at least one person in a crowd. But at least it's not awful, weirdly spelled or unprenouncable - plus it has another advantage: My name is almost the same all over the world. My name don't end up sounding like someone's throwing up when foreign people has to pronounce it, I'm very grateful for that as my future occupation will probably force me to have contact with people all over the world. Collaborations and conventions are not confined to Denmark in biochemistry as in all sciences probably.
Kinda got off track here, didn't I? Well, that happens.