| Kasz216 said: What you are missing is... such choices aren't biological, but cultural. Women do those things because more often because society expects them to do those things more often. Long after equaity is achieved do to choices, unequality needs to be recognized because unequal choices will be made due to socialization. I mean, when you think about how much kids get culturally programmed when they're younger. Think about the kind of stuff you'd buy a 2 year old boy and a 2 year old girl... or the things you'd say about each or treat each. |
You're right that it's debateable whether they're cultural or biological. There's no doubt that it's cultural as well, but I firmly believe that it's mostly biological. The cultural bit largely just came from the biological bit. If women didn't intensely want to care for their children, the children wouldn't grow up. Additionally, they have carried the children inside them for 9 months by the time they're born. The men haven't. That's a vital difference.
The cultural bit obviously affects this a bit, but I believe it's largely just an amplifier. If you try making a 2 year old boy play with dolls, it's going to be a limited success. If you give him a toy car, chances are he'll love it. Having said that, the way people behave towards the children also matters as well.
