• Buffalox@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Good question.
    It’s a thing that evolved among humans over millions of years. Men evolved bigger stronger muscles, because women are more vulnerable during pregnancy, and infants need their mother to survive.
    Making men more available for the more dangerous task of protection and hunting.
    So by the numbers, we evolved those roles, because it improved chances of survival for the group.
    Males are more aggressive, because it actually help the group to survive short term attacks and hunting for food, and women are on average more cautious because that helps infants and the group survive long term.
    It all boils down to survival of our ancestors.

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      4 months ago

      If they are vulnerable during pregnancy, why wouldn’t the woman evolve stronger muscles? Then they could also make the men care for infants. I guess suckling would still be a woman thing but that doesn’t take the whole day right.

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        4 months ago

        Being pregnant takes lots of caloric energy, and is an inherently vulnerable time.

        Not saying women are less, just saying calories are being spent, energy is being focused. Many pregnant women have accomplished insane thing and overcome incredible hardship during their term.