Posted: Dec 24, 2012 12:12 pm
[quote="Mr.Samsa]I don't think the first premise is true. I think we're putting the cart before the horse a little here though: before claiming that we need good reasons to not expect differential behavior between men and women to have a genetic, hard-wired, component, I think we first need to find a sex difference.[/quote]
2010 NIH paper: IS MALE BRAIN DIFFERENT FROM FEMALE BRAIN?
I take it that structural changes in the brain can cause behavioural differences.
2010 NIH paper: IS MALE BRAIN DIFFERENT FROM FEMALE BRAIN?
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Today we know that at least in rodents, it is testosterone metabolite estradiol that masculinizes the brain. We know that brain structure could be altered by hormones in different periods including puberty and probably even in adult life. We know many locations in the brain where sex steroid hormones act to cause permanent structural changes.
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I take it that structural changes in the brain can cause behavioural differences.