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Summary Of Attending A World By Mary Baton
“Attending a World”

Mary Bateson’s “Attending a World” explains two different kinds of awareness. The first type of awareness is the ability to concentrate on one thing exceptionally well, and the other is to be able to concentrate on a number of things at one time. According to Bateson, most women have the ability to multi-task, whereas most men do not. This is a very interesting concept because in theory, women are forced to multi task on a daily basis. For example, women often concentrate on multiple things at once. Such as cooking, cleaning, taking care of her children, as well as working to make a little extra money for the family. While men on the other hand usually only need to concentrate on one thing; their job. However, I believe

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