I was thinking today about how ingrained it is in children to build and create things. To make order out of chaos. We seem to have part of God's image in us that compels us to create. Little boys seems to prefer creating the material, the fortress, the castle, the wall, the house, while little girls seems to prefer to create the immaterial, society, family, etiquette, communication. This isn't watertight, as boys will take up a sword or gun to play army, but then again, a gun and an army are both material constructs.
It's further interesting to me how the woman who was created as a subordinate help mate (though co-equal in rights and value) is the one who is predominately inclined to the immaterial. It could be because it's the job of the man to create, and the job of the woman to make ornate. Or then again maybe not. More thought is in order.
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