[Extract  Be and Become, © ProCreative, Sydney 2000]

Key Concepts:

1. Men (and males in general) lean towards the embodiment of the physical (objective, material) nature of 'separateness'—competitiveness, building and control (of) structure, order, status and hierarchy.
2. Women (and females in general) lean towards the embodiment of the spiritual (subjective-wave) nature of 'togetherness'—cooperativeness, relationships and the development of non-hierarchical communities (herds).
   
   

   This leaning towards individual-particle or collective-wave behaviour provides the framework for understanding the differences and similarities of gender, irrespective of culture, time or circumstance. It provides the framework to understand why:

   • women tend to live longer
   • men tend more to engage risk, and the extremes in behaviour (murderers and musicians; adventurers and autistics)
   • women are better at interpersonal/communications skills
   • the origin of the dichotomy of perfect Madonna (and religious virgin birth) or damned whore
   • (Western) men are around nine times more likely to commit suicide after a relationship breakup
   • (Western) women were traditionally (and still are) perceived and expected to be more refined ("they don't fart"), gentler and less competitive than men.
   • women have been seen to be more intuitive and spontaneous (hence 'feminine mystique' and 'women's intuition')
   • the preponderance of males involved in wars, paedophilia, atheism and the sciences.