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#1 :: June 21st, 2012 @ 11:14 PM

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First off: please do not turn this into a debate! Really long answers and responding to other people, as appropriate for debate will make my homework harder.

I was supposed to post this on facebook but I consider almost spam so I didn't. I thought it might be appropriate here.

Question: Is human gender nature or nurture?

(I know the question is a little misleading - that is part of the point I think - this is the way we were supposed to word it.)

Please make it short answer. Explain just as well as you need to. If it would be too long for facebook it's too long here. I'm looking for a general idea of what percentage of people think what.

Thanks for your time!

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#2 :: June 22nd, 2012 @ 8:56 PM

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It's both. Certain things are in DNA; even Chimps confirm gender-toy stereotypes. Some of it is society urging people into more rigid categories. A simple example: back in the day, a lot of toys were many colors, nowadays most mass-produced toys are either all pink and warm pastels for girls, all bold cool colors for boys.

#3 :: June 23rd, 2012 @ 3:30 AM

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I think gender identity is much too complicated to be explained as one or the other.

If anything, whether nature or nurture is more influential on a person is entirely dependent on the individual.

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#4 :: June 24th, 2012 @ 2:28 PM

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#5 :: June 24th, 2012 @ 9:52 PM

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It is both. Our genetics predispose us to be more feminine or masculine, and our upbringing determines it from there. However, this is biology or psychology more than philosophy :/

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#6 :: June 24th, 2012 @ 10:17 PM

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Thanks for the answer. I believe the professor is using it to build to something else.

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#7 :: June 25th, 2012 @ 3:59 AM

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I believe that human behavior is the result of a complicated interaction between nature and nurture.
However, I would like to say that as humans we harbor gender expectations and gender values and see such things as the norm (culture and tradition influence the genders a lot). And while I believe that genes and environmental factors do play a role with shaping humans as well, it is far more probable that ones upbringing has a lot to do with their gender identity. And something I find peculiar is the following: if you were to look at other species of living organisms, gender roles are reversed.

#8 :: June 25th, 2012 @ 4:09 AM

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While I'm not sure about the nature aspect, I feel like it's not nurture. I don't think any amount of gender specific nurturing can really influence a persons gender in the long term.

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#9 :: June 25th, 2012 @ 1:02 PM

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Thanks for answering.

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