I like being a "girl." I like all the attributes associated with my gender, too. Girls have compassion, intuition, and are nurturing by nature. Girls can giggle and flirt. Girls can cry and pout. Girls can wear lipstick and paint their toenails red.
In ancient Greece, girls were some of the most powerful priestesses and goddesses.
In the business and corporate world today, "girls" have made significant headway and stand on equal footing with their male counterparts. However, in this realm there is an unspoken rule. Don't act like a "girl."
You blew it Municipal Girlfriend, with your outburst "Is it because I am a Girl"? All your girlfriends gasped and turned their heads, cringing. God knows what your male counterparts are thinking now.
However, you got most every thing you wanted anyway.
Maybe now you can afford to buy a tube of lipstick to go with that nice pay check.