Independent Woman

What makes a woman Independent?

Does a woman have to pay for everything that she gets, from her designer sunglasses to her side of vegetables in order to be considered independent?

Does she have to do all her own work all the time? Or can she delegate some of it? Could I do the research and tell my assistant to type it up?

Does she have to pay for everyting cash? Is a person still independent if she depends on her well earned scholarships to pay for tuition?

Is an independent woman allowed to take financial gifts from her mother? If my mom cut me off, all my extra spending money would have to go to paying actual bills and I would no longer get to go out to eat or to the club.

Speaking of the club, if a guy buys you drinks at a club, or pays your cover, are you less independent? No one pays for a guy's cover. . . . Of course, there is that pay gap, but that's a different story.

Should a woman be judged negatively because her whole wardrobe was paid for by her generous boyfriend. Should a woman be judged negatively if her chief persuasion tool is to open her wide eyes and say "pleeeeeease," in a voice so cute and childish that it almost makes you want to cry out of embarassment for her.

Or should a woman be given props because she knows how to use those charms.

Is a woman required to mow her own lawn and not let her good friend from accross the street clean her rain gutters?

Where do simple favors end? Where does dependence begin?