I read this somewhere. They say "shopping" is instinctive in women.
Sounds interesting. Lets try to put things in perspective.
Sounds interesting. Lets try to put things in perspective.
Evolutionary psychology always gives us interesting things to think about. The theory goes like this. We(humans) have existed as Homo Sapiens for almost 2,00,000 years. Of which, we started agriculture around 10,000 years back. That's only for about 5% of our past. Then what were we doing for the rest of the 95% of our past for food?. We were "hunters gatherers". The men hunted game and the women gathered fruits, vegetable, nuts, etc. The meat gave the needed protein, while the fruits and vegetables supplemented our diet.
They say the hunter gatherer life we lived for so many tens of thousands of years has a profound influence on the way we lead our lives today. Men go fight(hunt) it out in the work place for money, status, etc. Women take care of the domestic needs, gathering things needed for household. Today's retail shops even gives the real gathering feeling, where things are laid out to be gathered and taken home.
The gathering we did as hunter gatherers was "free" and served to supplement out diet. But unfortunately shopping today "costs", and more often than not women buy things men deem "not needed". Any surprise why men throughout the world complain about their wives shopping habits?
I want to write more, but I gotta go..... I'm late for my Sunday "Gathering".
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