The thing with women and rules is that they are incapable of understanding how rules work.
If you're a man: follow the rules. If they work, great. If they don't, change the rules slightly until you get something that works.
If you're a woman: Don't really follow the rules unless they suit you completely. If they do, and they work, claim all credit for yourself and pretend the rules didn't help at all. If they don't work, microanalyse and blame everything and every one about the situation except yourself, and use the rules as supporting evidence for why you're right. Each rule can be used on it's own, you don't have to follow the script in it's entirety.
It's the same reason why women can't ever diet and spend hours talking about their problems to each other, as well as swallow up those stupid Cosmo articles such as, "How to get the Sex in the City lifestyle in 12 easy steps!"
If you're a man: follow the rules. If they work, great. If they don't, change the rules slightly until you get something that works.
If you're a woman: Don't really follow the rules unless they suit you completely. If they do, and they work, claim all credit for yourself and pretend the rules didn't help at all. If they don't work, microanalyse and blame everything and every one about the situation except yourself, and use the rules as supporting evidence for why you're right. Each rule can be used on it's own, you don't have to follow the script in it's entirety.
It's the same reason why women can't ever diet and spend hours talking about their problems to each other, as well as swallow up those stupid Cosmo articles such as, "How to get the Sex in the City lifestyle in 12 easy steps!"