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Old 03-16-2010, 09:38 AM   #27 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Plan9 View Post
This is more of a social construction, not based in "instinct."
This is arguable. There are mechanisms in our behavioural patterns (which can be deemed instinctual) that lean towards gathering resources, protecting family, and teaching youth, etc., even in males. It varies significantly male to male, yes, but it's there.

Let's not think in binary opposites: We're not monogamous, so we don't like to take care of children, only make them!
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