We can't escape our biology now, can we? That's pretty much what a slave is, no matter how tight the leash is held.
This exaggeration has persisted forever. You have to know that you're intentionally inflating what's being said.
http://www.thenation.com/article/sociobiology-and-you/ The true straw man of biological determinism, however, is the latter term, which implies a fantasy of genetic programming in which we are all slaves to our DNA, with free will, education, culture, chance, life experience紡ll the nonbiological forces睦elegated to the margins of who we are. Not one of the leading neo-Darwinians妨ilson, Pinker, Richard Dawkins, Robert Trivers, William Hamilton or the science writers who have helped popularize their work, like Richard Wright and Matt Ridley防as ever argued for a pure genetic determinism. You can稚 read more than a few pages into any of the major books written on the subject without encountering the obligatory disclaimer, making it clear that the author believes that we are greatly shaped by culture and experience, and the biological component is only a part of what makes us human.
This straw man is so often put up by nurturists that I have to think it's an absolutely deliberate mischaracterization to muddy the waters.
And I say this while believing that Steven Pinker has absolutely exaggerated his case in
The Blank Slate and furthermore I don't even really subscribe to the mental modules theory and favor more general processing theories.
The next paragraph echoes what I said earlier about evolution, even using the term "human exceptionalism" which is amusing since I thought it up in my head earlier but didn't put it down.
To think that sex differences in behaviors and tasks between the sexes is some sign of bigotry is ridiculous and unfair. Of course men and women are similar on most measures, but there are some important differences as well.
