On Sun, 28 May 2006, Chris Doss wrote:
> No chain being pulled, more too much beer on a
> Saturday night. ;)
>
> Seriously, does anyone really believe that human
> gender relations are totally arbitrary or socially
> determined, that the fact that the brains of men and
> women are swimming in different hormones means
> nothing?
I'd say that the proportion of thoughtful people who adhere to the position you state above is equal to the proportion who adhere to the position that genes can be expressed independently of any environment (i.e., in each case the proportion is zero).
--One thing I'm happy to report from the academic trenches, as it were: there is widespread consensus that the question "Is X influenced by nature or nurture?" is pointless. False dichotomy.
Miles