Stubbs' Theorem.

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Male Default: Relationships are composed of two or more nodes which are linked.
Female Default: Relationships are composed of a linkage that is between two or more nodes.
Note: These are trends and tendencies, not necessarily categorically true, and not true to the exclusion of the other.

Implications:

1) System Analysis: Point math is simpler than relational math. Far less variables involved, far more static a system. Intuitive analysis (chaos math?) is required when variables are unmanageable, manageable variables can be addressed with concrete analysis (linear math.) Therefore, females (linkage primacy) use more advanced math in there analysis, and hence rely more on intuition. Accordingly, they can draw conclusions where concrete analysis would find insufficient data, but these conclusions would be reached slower and with less certainty. Males (nodal primacy) use less advanced math, and hence rely on analysis more than intuition, limiting their horizons, but cementing their conclusions and allowing them to act more decisively (if less precisely.)

2) Information Acquisition (Questions): Acquisition from nodal primacy is simpler than from linkage primacy, as it generally takes the form of a query rather than a stimulus. Males are usually querying for information when they ask a question. Females, better able to understand social networks, are perturbing the system, providing a stimulus in order to observe the response and better understand the interaction, or alternately moving the system to produce the desired response. This can lead to misunderstandings, such as where a female asks a question of a male desiring a certain response, and he sees it as a query, and responds with data, when the female was really analyzing overall systemic health in his response. Or alternately the male may become frustrated when they feel that they can not get a direct answer to a query. Consider a male asking a question more as administering a multiple choice or true/false 'ScanTron' test. Consider a female asking a question more as plucking a guitar string, and determining if the guitar sounds in tune or not.

3) Relationship Valuation: From a nodal standpoint, the other person and their attributes (and the self) are primary in the relationship. Examples: 'She's so hot, she's smart, I'm lucky to have a girl like her.' From a linkage viewpoint, the shared thoughts and experiences are primary to the relationship. Ex: 'We have a lot in common, he likes what I like, I like who I am with him, I’m so lucky to have a relationship like this.' Hence, males are typically more concerned with being with the other person, and females are more interested in developing a relationship with the other person. Both aspects are necessary, hence it is more a difference of focus.

4) Power: Nodal Primacy leads to a direct understanding of power, often based in the hypothetical catastrophic/eucatastrophic. To a male, the idea that he may save the day is his default understanding of power. Power is applied to another node, whether to fix a problem, build up that node, or neutralize a threat. A healthy application of this power enhances the health of other nodes or overall systemic health by neutralizing malfunctioning nodes. Linkage primacy leads to an indirect systemic understanding of power, power as actual influence. The ability to reshape the system in small changes over time, rather than the hypothetical catastrophic/eucatastrophic changes all at once. This power can be used to enhance overall systemic health by strengthening the relationships in the system, or alternately to reduce the power than malfunctioning elements wield through their relationships. Nodal power is expressed in the 'big stick' rarely realized but decisive interactions. Linkage power is in the constant subtle changes, and the two forms of power can be complimentary, where the small changes set the stage for the eucastrophic change.
4b) Abuse: A nodal primacy abuse of power uses the direct application of fear from the threatened application to serve the node's own ends (greedy, arrogant, power hungry people wield their power to cow others rather than to build them up.) An indirect abuse of power likewise seeks to establish control over the system, but does so by twisting the system over time, and poisoning the relationships of the system, decreasing overall efficiency to enhance individual control (manipulation.) Refer to the Genesis curse.
4c) Threats: A nodal analysis of threats will find a threat in another node that has the power/leverage to threaten that node's potential pursuit of ends, especially if ends are at odds. Therefore, the male will be threatened by the guy who is smarter or stronger, 'eg. 'he could kick my a$$.' A linkage analysis focuses on actual influence, rather than potential power in a hypothetical interaction. As opposed to potential threats, which can be rapidly reconcil3ed when the confrontation is over, and can also rapidly escalate (i.e. guys can fight then be friends a day later,) actual threats tend to be over a longer timescale and a longer accounting of wrongs. With small, precise changes, relatively few people with different agendas (esp. Ones at odds with each other) can simultaneously successfully influence the system. Hence, the perception of females as 'catty.' This stereotype is a function of competition for influence over the network as a whole, and is very strongly expressed in relationships with a high degree of intimacy, where the female views herself as the sole subtle influence in the equation.
4d) Leverage: Nodal values the potential catastrophic/eucatastrophic ('save the day') interaction, therefore direct potential power (strength/knowledge/etc.) is seen as leverage. Linkages values the means by which indirect influence occurs ('the husband is the head, but the wife is the neck, and the neck turns the head') such as beauty, understanding, robust linkages, etc. The male hits things with sticks, and the female likes him for it. Direct is the broadsword, catastrophic when used, but unwieldy. Indirect is the dagger, causing a small amount of damage, but deadly when used at the right time.

5) Genders in Community: A better model is possible than this world's mutual abuse/conflictual model. The curse of Genesis made direct power difficult for males (your labor shall be painful,) and indirect power for women difficult as well (birth shall be painful; your husband will lord over you.) It is the direct power that holds back the waters, and the indirect power that builds a home (healthy social networks) inside the area carved out. The male has the most direct power, but all his power is for naught without the female, as without her, there is no continuation, no new life. He protects her in the now, and she brings the future. Only in both direct and indirect power can completeness be achieved. Therefore, both need each other, both on the micro and macro levels. He is traditionally seen as the greater, but in many ways, she is the greater: a woman gave birth to Christ. Without the man's role, the woman's cannot exist, but without her role, his has no purpose. In his justice, and her mercy; in his strength, and her beauty; in his clarity, and her mystery, the wholeness of God is revealed.

6) Biological Explanation: Perhaps this differentiation of thought has something to do with the chemical wash that bifurcates the brain of young males. Having analysis and reflection split creates simpler, more decisive math. The good CEO is generally not the super-genius, but rather the one who is comfortable making confident decisions with little data. These same traits may make him a poor analyst or engineer. The skillset for chess is vastly different than that for football, as is the decision-making process. The female, with the more unified brain, exhibits more complex processing ability, but this complexity in understanding may prohibit her from hasty actions she would consider clumsy and inadequately thought through. Hence, she sees the situation in more detail, as one coherent entity, as unified as her biochemistry. Hence, she may shy away from snap decisions that lack the concomitant level of understanding. The male, with the bifurcated brain, has far less of a problem simplifying the situation, as his understanding is usually to a more coarse level of detail. Hence, he is more comfortable making snap decisions on incomplete data. The two biochemistries are complimentary, much like the executive and legislative branches of government.