Yes, I agree with that. So you think that women have a strong instinct to rear children (so they'd choose to forgo childcare and stay at home) and men don't (so, they'd choose not to spend time with kids). Is that right?
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No. But to get back to the point, sorry, I just find a lot of these traits quite vague and I like to define them. If women are 'nurturing' presumably they choose to look after children rather than use childcare? And men choose not to look after children?
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Is anyone actually proposing that, on AVERAGE, a female homo sapiens (a mammal, as in derived from "mammary") wouldn't have an innate tendency to nurture--especially since human infants are totally helpless at birth (due to large cranium)? As always, notice AVERAGE caveat above
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I'm wondering what that means in terms of modern behaviour. As in, does it mean women choose to stay at home or get childcare. Why is this a strange question?
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Yes, so that's where culture comes in, right? Many women choose careers and childcare now. The tweet was just meant to address ask why there's a question (from lots of feminists) that some tendency to nurture wouldn't ON AVERAGE be hardwired in human females.
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When some people say, "Of COURSE I'm not a blank slatist!" but then insist that even a greater ON AVERAGE tendency for human female mammals vs. males to be "nurturing" (at minimum, to keep their infants alive) is just "socialization"--that's tabula rasa in extremis.
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Then, is it really such a crazy leap to think that ON AVERAGE the tendency in human mammal females to be invested in close human connection (their infants) could translate to a tendency ON AVERAGE to prefer people over things in their daily activities? AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE
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Modern culture has liberated women from being chained to babies unless they want to be, and that's a good thing! But both can be true: Certain traits ON AVERAGE can be stronger in one sex than the other, but modern culture prevents such traits from becoming a prison.
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Example:It's a good thing so many doctors are now women, that we aren't required to stay home w/babies, but can choose fulfilling, well-paid professions. And if we bring a bit more nurturing ON AVERAGE into a profession which traditionally had too many cold fish men, then hurray!
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