I want to do a post, but before I can I need to bring in the contrasting types of awareness. They are, as usual, things that Alison Armstrong talks about extensively.
Men have Single-Focus -- meaning they focus on one result at a time. It makes them excellent hunters and long-term planners. They decide what to focus on and stay on task for years. In her illustration, when a man is watching TV, he is ONLY watching TV. He cannot watch TV AND ignore the woman next to him. If he's actively ignoring her, he's not watching TV.
Women have what she called Diffuse Awareness, and it's what enables the gatherer to keep track of where dozens of berry bushes are, where the kids are, where the other gatherers are, what needs to be done for dinner, etc. Here is a short 2 minute video which she has on her website that explains it beautifully:
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