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I would disagree with your assertion that gender specific items are "nurture" and not "nature", and a lot of research would disagree with you, too. I remember

by jeremyt 11y ago

I would disagree with your assertion that gender specific items are "nurture" and not "nature", and a lot of research would disagree with you, too. I remember reading about a specific study done on humans, but I can't recall enough to find it at the moment. However, there seem to be several similar studies done on primates that reinforce the conclusion. https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-scientific-fundamentalist/200804/why-do-boys-and-girls-prefer-different-toys https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-scientific-fundamen... /edit Here it is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Reimer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Reimer

mordocai 11y ago
My last statement may be too strong, but I still believe there is a very strong amount of nurture in our culture regarding gender differences. Things like "girls like pink" is a big one considering that previously it was boys who were associated with pink and we changed that as a society. On the other hand, things like girls liking dolls may indeed be due to nature (never mind that boys like action figures which are basically dolls). I think like most things it is actually a combination of nurture and nature.