[crpatino]

> Not sure I follow. If I die in war at 18 as a male, I can't pass on my genes either.

Men, specially young men, are genetically programmed to not think about that. A typical 18 year old that goes to war does not think he's going to die. He thinks he's going to come back as a war hero and enjoy the... shall we say "admiration" of all his dead comrades' girlfriends.

> In addition, there's nothing stopping a successful female from having a child and handing it over to a team of nannies immediately upon birth like successful men do.

Successful men can sire offspring in 15 minutes (or less, but there's already a pill for that) and delegate. Successful women have to fight their body for at least six months in order to hold on to their position during pregnancy. Then comes the postpartum depression and a whole other array of nasties.

So, not the same thing.