I couldn't get a signal on the telly on Sunday night. After I twisted the setabout for a while I saw the aerial lead had come out so Istuck it back (into the wrong socket), so still no signal. I called Peter who saw immediately I'd put it in the wrong place.

Well, I've always known we have differentsorts of brain.Ifind it hard to be objective, leave alone technical.

Telling my younger daughter about this she came up with an explanation: women who are exposed to high levels of the female hormone oestrogen when in the womb think in a feminine way. If they have a high dose of testosterone (the male hormone) they have masculine brains.

It figures. I've never wanted to join the army, wear uniform (I hate prickly fabric next to me) or bark orders at anyone (my voice is quite quiet so I'dneed a loud hailer). I've never wanted to be a man.

TheTimes this week has been full ofwomen who struggled back to their jobs after having babies. (They didn't need the money, so I'm not pitying them.) Don't know their levels oftestosterone butthey think they're smashing through the so-called 'glass ceiling', but I'll not go into that now. Instead, I'll talk about a trait I've noticed in 'successful' women. They like blackor navy blue.

I won't go near black or navy blue if I can help it. I was sitting in the sunshine inCarmarthen recently and noticeda celandinehad pushed through a crack in a nearby wall. A young woman passed meand the first thing I noticed was the black suit and shoes. It was two o'clock and I guessed she'd had a mid-day break and was going back to wherever she worked.

I do not want to be reminded of the colour of working uniforms, though I realise they are useful, corporateand necessary. Careerwomen are dressing in a similar way to men because they want the identification with work that these colours give.

In Indian medicine, if you suffer from gallstones (I have) you should look at the colour orange, drink from an orange glass, sit on an orange cushion and eat orange food. (I'm fine now).

Now, back to masculine women again. Pink is a healing colour, the inside shade of a baby's ear, the blush of a rose petal:what I'm wondering is, how does the colour pink affect people's perceptions?

If career women had a good dose of pink would it cure them of wanting to fight their way to the top and make them more contenttolook after their own children? Honestly, I'm not being sexist.