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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

This is the biggest problem. “Intuitive observation” means the evidence is anecdotal,........

I agree, I just wanted to point out that I felt like you shrugged away the example as if there is not even an intuitively observed phenomenon.

BUT back to the point. I may not have proof that women are more sociable, but it's damn plausible from a evolutionary perspective, women care for children -> thus more sociable inclined to children. So what is your response to this and the trait of physical strength of men? These are pretty obvious no? Do you acknowledge this difference to be more pronounced between genders than within one gender?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Do you acknowledge this difference to be more pronounced between genders than within one gender?

This question really isn't relevant on its own. You claimed:

there is a bigger difference between men and women, than between men and women themselves

To prove this statement it's not enough to argue that there are singular differences from men and women, nor that that difference is more pronounced cross-gender than within gender. To prove this statement would require a summation of all qualities and differences both between and within genders, or at least the majority, then comparison of those summations. And you would have to prove that those differences are inherent and not instilled through cultural socialization. Hence it being a massive assumption, and unprovable

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

thats true, then I was wrong. I would however still very much bet my money on the hypothesis that it is.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Fair enough dude

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

You make up a “just so” story by taking something that you observe in our life’s today and construct a reason why it’s supposedly biologically determined.