SMH. I gave an abbreviated answer the first time. I guess this is my fault, for not explaining each task in detail.
Sacrifice.
In this case, I meant like your life. Men have historically had to lay down their lives, to give opportunity to not just women, but the “community.”
You know “women and children first,” in regards to life rafts?
Like that… And then there’s the effort/wear and tear involved in building (which I will cover later.)
If you haven’thad to carry two bundles of shingles (about 165 lbs, if they aren’t architect shingles, then they’re heavier,)up a 60 ft ladder, in 100° heat, you wouldn’t know what I’m talking about. Just like I wouldn’t know what carrying, or delivering a child, would be like. When I was 18, that was my job sometimes. Carry two bundles up a ladder, ALL day. I’ll revisit building.
Men being stronger.
I would say strength is part of it, but overall athleticism, would be more accurate. There are some skeletal differences between the genders, that further divide the genders. For instance, a female has, on average, wider hips (a bigger pelvis,) than a man. That’s because a human skull, may have to slide through, during birth…
The wider pelvis, has been discovered to have a direct impact on how the female body runs, and mostly jumps, and lands. It increases their chances of mechanical injuries, like say… sprained ankles. Go to a girl’s volleyball section, in a sporting goods store. Half the section, is ankle braces, and knee braces.
Studies have shown, that females can be taught to run, and jump, and land, with certain devices holding their legs together, but it is just not as natural, for females to run, jump etc, as a male’s pelvis allows him. Fact…
Now. Let’s look at the difference in strength. You not talking about a small difference. It’s an exponential difference. This is where many of the different skillsets afforded the genders stands out.
Building / human specific tasks.
So. Building, or construction, is a bit different from the other tasks, and the difference is of course, only humans build, like we do. This is a skill, that men slipped into. It just so happens that their anatomy fits this “better” overall, than the female anatomy. Remember me mentioning that I had to carry 160 lbs, up a ladder? ALL DAY! I didn’t have to carry two bundles. What I did have to do, was get all the pallets of newly delivered shingles on the roof, as fast as possible. Purely from an efficiency standpoint, it makes sense to make men do it. It’s a “place,” I wish men didn’t belong. Sacrificing your body like that is stupid. I wish I hadn’t ever done it. But it was fast cash… it was my “place,” at the time…
Hunting.
Again, I could have been more clear. In the early stages of human evolution, we were facing large herbivores, and dealing with carnivores, like Sabre Toothed Tigers, and maybe even Neanderthals. All while navigating uneven terrain, and I covered why men were better at that too.
Defending.
In my meaning, I meant warfare. Either defending a small village, or a larger scale war, such as was common throughout the human story.
Well. We just covered the large physical gender differences. So. I see little time speaking of this, unless you mean women defending against other women.
In the modern battlefield, a female may actually outshoot males, on average. But there are many more physical tasks that are required by a ground force. Think of a 135 lb woman, trying to drag a 170 lb, injured man?
Let’s keep in mind that you seem to have taken no offense to my comments about women being way better at multitasking, or really any positive opinions I gave to favor females, in other roles….
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