I've often found that one learns most by walking in the shoes of another. Sometimes this has been a literal experience and ya take yer knocks (lessons), pick yerself back up and get on with the show. On the other hand, there have been lessons I've learned based on "creatively fantasizing/projecting oneself" into a situation and acting "as if."
Now, if ya follow my drift, I've wandered into the arena of wondering, "What would I do if caste as a malicious intelligence who's intent were to conquer a planet?"
And, it occurred to me that the first thing...the very first...would be to separate the sexes. Ya know, play 'em off one another via a divide and conquer motif. Is that what's happened hear?