Our evolutionary history. Men have largely had to fight & hunt and women to keep groups together happily. Evolved differently cognitively.
The latter seems to be related to testosterone with women who have higher testosterone doing better with spatial stuff than women with lower
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Women's brains have better communication between the lobes leading to better social & communication skills.
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Men's communicate better front to back & they rely on the left more heavily resulting in a more intense focus on one thing.
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From babyhood, it is seen that girls are more drawn to toys with faces & boys to toys with moving parts.
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This is supported by primatology - see Frans de Waal - where female chimps are peacemakers & male aggressors.
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But its most helpful to think of us as overlapping populations so we all know a woman who loves mechanics more than most men etc.
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