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> The sexes "start out a little bit different" in fussiness, says Eliot, and parents "react differently to them," producing the differences seen in adults. Wha
by hcarvalhoalves 13y ago
> The sexes "start out a little bit different" in fussiness, says Eliot, and parents "react differently to them," producing the differences seen in adults.
What if human adults are wired to reinforce those different behaviors, for survival purposes? It's known that calories deprivation (the standard for most of human life) gives birth to more men than women, so it's not far fetched to think, e.g., protecting more one gender or stimulating more vicious behavior in another gender can be survival strategy. Any studies on that?
On a deeper level, where does the lines between biology and culture meet? Are those things even possible to dissociate?
I think those are the interesting questions regarding gender studies.
- aestra 13y ago>It's known that calories deprivation (the standard for most of human life) gives birth to more men than women I never heard of that before, but I did a quick search and it is actually the opposite. Calorie deprivation produces more girls. https://uleth.ca/dspace/bitstream/handle/10133/394/Human_sex_ratio.pdf?sequence=1 https://uleth.ca/dspace/bitstream/handle/10133/394/Human_sex...
- hcarvalhoalves 13y agoCorrect, I mixed it. The point is, it's interesting to know that gender distribution isn't entirely random and can change based on environmental pressure. That also happens with other species, although the mechanisms can be different (e.g., in crocs it's the temperature the eggs are exposed to that determines the sex). Given those gender distribution differences persist, there may be a survival strategy behind.