"We hear all the time about how different men and women supposedly are — men love sports and science. Women love being in the kitchen and taking care of kids (according to this standard, I don’t qualify as a woman).
The underlying assumption is usually that these differences are not socially conditioned, but somehow “natural” or “innate.” But in reality, anthropologists and psychologists have found that these limiting and toxic gender norms are entirely cultural rather than biological."
If you read closely, it's pretty clear that by THESE differences I was referring to the specific "limiting and toxic gender norms" I had just mentioned, i.e. men love sports and science and women love cooking and kids.
I didn't mean that literally ALL gender differences are created by culture, obviously there are some natural differences, like women have ovaries, men don't, etc.... So what I meant is that there isn't a gene that makes men more predisposed to like science and sports more than women--that's bullshit. Gendered interests are culturally constructed. Men don't innately like business, economics, sports, video games, etc., more than women. Women don't innately like cooking and caring for people more than men. All humans naturally love food, so men and women are equally predisposed to enjoy cooking. That is apparent when you look at other cultures as well.
I do believe that women have natural abilities to bond and empathize with their children, but I believe MEN do too. That's a universal human tendency of PARENTS, not just MOMS. Do you think men are naturally/innately/genetically more sociopathic than women? If so, I find that incredibly sexist towards men.
As for women in politics, I think women make good leaders because the characteristics we're socialized to have (caring, collaborative, etc.) are conducive to good leadership, not because we're genetically superior to men. In some cultures, men are socialized to have those traits too, and they do. How does female politicians being better in certain ways prove that women are innately superior?
