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Look no further than the evolution of our species up to Homo sapiens. Women and men excelled in different 'occupations' related to providing sustenance (hunter-gatherer) and child rearing activities that were vital to the success of their people/tribes.

Is it that hard to believe that these deeply evolutionarily engrained practices have no effect on influencing how the different sexes value spending their time when we control for income gap disparity in choosing a profession w.r.t work life balance?

It takes a very specific type of person that enjoys staring intensely into a computer screen all day, lost in thought and confined in solitude while being unplugged from the human condition which can make you feel like a robot as the years progress.

Humans didn't evolve to sit in front of an artificial light source and forgo human interaction, regardless of gender or race.




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