@FeministRoar @v_urq what do they mean by innate gender? What's innate about something that needs words or props for anyone to notice?
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@BookArrowHeart
@FeministRoar I'm not sure what "they" mean, but when I suggest that some component of gender is innate...1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@BookArrowHeart
@FeministRoar ...I'm saying that there's some non-trivial biological component to gender. That sexual dimorphism exists...1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@BookArrowHeart
@FeministRoar ...and extends in some part to brains as well as bodies, along with a very strong social/cultural component.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@BookArrowHeart
@FeministRoar These differences- and I think the influence of culture and sexism makes it hard to say what they are-1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@BookArrowHeart
@FeministRoar ...would be statistical in nature, meaning they applied more to populations than individuals.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@v_urq@FeministRoar to me it's more akin to the shy kids at school who became goths.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@BookArrowHeart
@FeministRoar I don't think anyone serious is denying that cultural/social factors are extremely important to gender.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@BookArrowHeart @FeministRoa The question is if it's the only factor, and the science is very complex, but doesn't tend to convince me it is
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