Gender: Culture or Genes?

Arguments for Culture	Arguments for Genetics
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People who want the Culture side to "win" are usually feminists, activists, or liberals.

People who want the Genetics side to "win" are usually scientists or conservatives.

This is one part of a massive and on-going debate in Psychology called the "Nature vs Nurture Debate". In summary, the question is the following: What parts of the human behaviour can be taught and what parts are caused by biology?

This video explains it quite well:

Where the causes are cultural, it can be changed.

Where the causes are biological, some would say they are "stereotypes".

Religious people are usually against Genetics, as this would refute the belief that God created everything (including thoughts).