Are gender differences real, or mostly shaped by culture?

[Johnsmith119]

Do you think about your gender in every day life? I think its all cultural. Studies have found the differences between two men can be greater than the average differences between men and women.

I personally don't care about genders anymore.

[Chazmatazz269]

The question makes no sense as you wrote it. Are cultural differences not “real”? 😂😂😂
Seems like you’re attempting to tap into the “nature vs nurture” debate. First, i recommend that you do some reading.
https://www.simplypsychology.org/david-reimer.html

Watch this video too.

https://youtu.be/w__PJ8ymliw?is=VcGOI3wXeV9P1TR6

There are very real differences between men and women and they are all measurable in a variety of ways. The most arguable of which revolve around contemporary psychological arguments. Decades ago, the psychologists were producing papers that resulted in reports like the one i shared. For some reason that didn’t involve more reliable research that replaced their previous findings, psychologists changed their story. That is the downside of the soft sciences. They can produce evidence to support their hypothesis on demand, meaningful research is unnecessary. In fact, sometimes it’s a detriment. Check out the Grievance Studies Affair.
Here’s a preview.

https://youtu.be/kVk9a5Jcd1k?is=9dHWurUqj4FOdKtd

There’s a great deal of video and reading available on this topic, including the following peer reviewed and published paper.
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00491241211009946

It has become clear that a narrative and/or agenda took precedence over meaningful research and empirical evidence. At least as far as the soft sciences are concerned.
Examining just this tiny little bit of information should bring you to a few conclusions. First, some “cultural” differences between men and women are the result of evolutionary biology. Just because we CAN do things differently now, that doesn’t mean it’s sustainable, let alone superior.
There are two extreme skools of thought on this issue at the political level. Conservatives will tell you that anything and everything outside of traditional gender roles is either “insanity” or “the Devil”. Progressives are in favor of progress for progress’s sake, which is equally retarded; despite sounding less crazy. If you haven’t already, go back and read about Dr. Money and his victim, David Reimer.
It’s my belief that most people are wildly under-informed on both sides, but those of us who have invested the time and energy in understanding more are more likely to come down in the middle.
I like the following example. When a grown person is going to get bariatric surgery, they are required to first see a medical dietitian and a psychologist for a minimum of one year before surgery will be approved. If you recommend to the radical left that a person should see a psychological professional before administering physiology altering drugs and life changing surgery, they will scream “transphobia” in your face. Even when that subject is a child. This in spite of the fact that responsible research strongly suggests that most children with transgender tendencies before puberty outgrow it by adolescence, and the following research demonstrates that giving those children the treatments that they seek does NOT resolve underlying psychological problems.
https://ewtn.co.uk/article-finnish-study-transgender-surgeries-for-minors-do-not-solve-mental-health-issues/

Do the reading. Watch the videos. By all means, don’t stop with what i have shared. However, i beseech you to NOT get your information from social media and adolescents who fancy themselves great thinkers. The work has been done to reasonable and acceptable conclusions. Anyone still arguing either of the extremes now should be marginalized until they are familiar with the research. Only then should they have a say in how we approach these issues sociopolitically.

[Anonymous]

Gender is just one of many many many things that make people different.

[moddy_the_mod]

100% real. Based on millions of years of evolutionary biology. Your opinion is wrong.

[laraWM]

Yes I know what you mean, it makes sense

[Pterodon]

I think they’re very real

[MrChinaski]

Both.