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>> persistent patriarchal gender roles which manifest in a number of ways: >> men .. have their career advancement and future income potential dominate in ma

• dragonwriter 8y ago
  > Is it really a gender role ? Yes, it is really a gender role. > or, a genetic adaptation - with females being attracted to more successful men, because it helps give their children helpful resources ? You are presenting a false dilemma; that it may be, in whole or in part, a product of genetic adaptation does not impact whether or not is a gender role. The debate you seem to want to have is over whether gender roles are pure social constructs or not, which may be an interesting debate but isn't actually all that germane here. The gender role in question exists and contributes to the effect under discussion and is manifestly changing, though slower than some people might prefer.