Men go into a tunnel vision mode automatically when concentrating on something. Drives women crazy since the FIRST have to get the man's attention before talking to them.
Women on the other hand hear everything going on about them.
A repeatable experiment confirms this. An audience of 100 men and 100 women are in an auditorium with 2 people on stage. The audience has forms to fill out. They are told to pick a story and fill out the form. Then both persons read a story of equal length. Men have no problem but women couldn't answer any questions.
In the home a woman can do whatever she wants and hear what the children are doing. I learned the hard way when I was tasked to look after the children I had to concentrate only on that task. Watch TV and my wife became angry with me for allowing the children to get into trouble. Reading a book had the same results.
As the French say "Viva la difference."
Women on the other hand hear everything going on about them.
A repeatable experiment confirms this. An audience of 100 men and 100 women are in an auditorium with 2 people on stage. The audience has forms to fill out. They are told to pick a story and fill out the form. Then both persons read a story of equal length. Men have no problem but women couldn't answer any questions.
In the home a woman can do whatever she wants and hear what the children are doing. I learned the hard way when I was tasked to look after the children I had to concentrate only on that task. Watch TV and my wife became angry with me for allowing the children to get into trouble. Reading a book had the same results.
As the French say "Viva la difference."