Oh, and as a slight side point, notice this bit:
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for their way of grasping a thing is quite different from ours, chiefly because they like the shortest way to the point, and usually keep their attention fixed upon what lies nearest; while we, as a rule, see beyond it, for the simple reason that it lies under our nose; it then becomes necessary for us to be brought back to the thing in order to obtain a near and simple view. This is why women are more sober in their judgment than we, and why they see nothing more in things than is really there; while we, if our passions are roused, slightly exaggerate or add to our imagination.
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This is almost a complete reversal of what we now suggest to be the innate difference between male and female thinking. We've replaced the above simple and focused female, unconcerned with past or future and imaginative male, whose thoughts need to be reined in to the matter at hand, with the male 'math brain', not cut out for multitasking, but honed by evolution to be a focused problem solving machine, and the imaginative, multitasking female able to juggle lots of different things at once.