1. Biological Determinism
What biological determinism seems to ignore is the fact that human behaviour is shaped by the environment in which we live. Although biological differences do exist, the importance is how culture in turn interprets these differences, as Ann Oakley, a proponent of the distinction, agrees that gender differences indeed have their source in culture, not nature. Social, cultural and psychological aspects of being either male or female is the essence of gender itself, and it is human nurturing rather than biological nature that is the key determinant of gender identities. ...
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