Males and females typically inhabit different networks, but the
reasons for this are unclear. One possibility is that males and
females experience different opportunities and constraints when
building and maintaining networks, leading to their different end
configurations. Alternatively, males and females may pursue different
networks because they prefer different configurations. In this
paper, we exposed a third line of explanation, and suggested that
these outcomes result in part from different fundamental understandings
of how the network is structured.