gender specific

Have you ever noticed that some terms, phrases, actions are gender specific? Let me show you what I mean with a few examples below: Girls call guy friends "friend" and female friends "friend" or "girlfriend." Guys call guy friends "friend"or "buddy" and female friends "friend." If a guy called a female friend a "girlfriend", his actually girlfriend, wife, or whatever would smack him. If he didn't have one, everyone would assume the female friend was his girlfriend. If a guy called another guy a "boyfriend" his sexual orientation would come into question. And "buddy" seems to refer only to a guy. If I say "my buddy" you would most likely assume that I was talking about a guy friend. Also most girls seem not to refer to each other as "buddy" that's a guy thing. If you weren't at all confused by this explanation and did not need to re-read it at points, you are better than me, because it's weird. Who makes these rules? How about the fact that it's not considered abnormal for girls to take naps together or sleep in the same bed together. Once again, if a guy naps with another guy or sleeps in the same bed as him, his sexual orientation is once again called into question. So you don't get me wrong, let me make it clear that I have no problem with this status quo...just find it odd. Girls can wear guys' pants, shorts, shoes, etc. If a guy wears girls clothes, he's either emo or a cross-dresser. Guys can't (and shouldn't...I know I'm a marionette of the status quo here) wear girls clothes and get away with it. There are so many other examples I could pull out, but I think you get the point. Some things are only acceptable for one gender and not the other. Not a problem, just an observation. But, as they say, such is life...