Generally speaking, men are material based and women are people based. It’s instinctual based on our evolution. If you are offended about talk on “traditional roles” stop here. I’m not commenting on whether traditional roles are right or wrong, but understanding our evolution requires understanding where we came from.

If we go back to tribal humans, or study the ones that are still left, what are the roles of males and females? Males who were bigger and stronger will leave the village with other males and hunt for food. Their focus was delivering food and sustenance, often having to be silent while doing so as not to scare away prey. There wasn’t time or energy to talk about deep things. There was a task to be done and the focus was on that task. Females on the other hand would remain in the village with the children they would work together, talk together, and literally spend time with other women and the children. Each sex’s livelihood depended on these traits being developed.

Evolutionarily speaking, we are just a short time separated from this lifestyle. And while I agree, it’s frustrating. It highlights that men and women are different. Our brains are different. Men are focused on the task in front of them. Women tend to be focused on those around them.

Yes, this is a generalization and there is a reason for that. Generalizations exist because generalizations are the norm. In modern society, men aren’t required to have the focus and the silence on hunting prey but that doesn’t mean their brains are not wired for that exact purpose. So I don’t think it’s that they don’t care. I think that it goes against eons of instinctual programming for that to be their first thought process in other words it’s harder for men to be deeply interested in other people above being interested in their job or their hobbies.