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Old 01-September-2008, 02:17 AM
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Originally Posted by TheHalcyonYear
As a result, I am in complete agreement with you in the belief that culture and expected gender-roles are the basic influence on any differences that may, or may not, actually be measured.
See post above concerning David/Brenda.

Gender roles are very much a genetic matter. That they are reinforced by culture certainly doesn't hurt, but in Brenda's case she was encouraged (far more than any other girl in her peer group) to normalize, but was unable to do so - her genes had programmed her to be a boy.
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