This was way back when stereotypes were applied differently: women were thought to be apt for computing because of their attention to detailhttps://twitter.com/Hedyz/status/866348903620325378 …
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1. There is a robust body of research showing certain traits do tend to occur more frequently in 1 sex vs. another, i.e. are more typical.
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2. Just because there may be a bio component to some differences doesn't negate power of socialization or neuroplasticity.
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3. Nor does it consign women (or men) to a life as a walking stereotype. But insisting that humans, unlike their primate cousins, are
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4. ...blank slates who are ONLY products of culture/socialization is ideological rigidity. If doesn't help the cause of feminism to dismiss
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5. ...every insight from neuroscience or evolutionary biology. Just because certain traits might be more typical in 1 sex vs another
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6. ...doesn't obviate the fact that NO ONE is totally "typical". Also most feminists are aware that cross-culturally, males are more violent
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7. ...as are most male primates. We ARE primates. Would anyone seriously argue there is NO biological tendency in males to be more warlike?
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8. Of COURSE culture matters. It matters hugely. But it's not either-or. Nature and nurture work together. We are prisoners of neither.
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9. As to language development, it won't happen without exposure to language. However, the ability to acquire language is innate in humans.
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10. There is lots of data showing TYPICALLY superior language facility in females. Doesn't obviate the great male novelists & poets!
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11. Also there are studies showing degraded performance on language tests by FTMs after they have been on testosterone for awhile.
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12. Why would we think hormones would so dramatically change the body, but have no effect on the brain? Pre- OR post-natally?
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