Hope Jahren Quotes

Many differences are rooted in biology and reinforced through culture, so it's important to acknowledge that. Because if you say men and women are the same and if male behaviour is the norm, and women are always expected to act like men, we will never be as good at being men as men are.

Because if you say men and women are the same and if male behaviour is the norm, and women are always expected to act like men, we will never be as good at being men as men are.

I find the question of whether gender differences are biologically determined or socially constructed to be deeply disturbing.

We have been very conditioned by the cultures that we come from and are usually very identified with the particular gender that we happen to be a member of.

There is no longer a doubt that women are just as competent as men. Gender differences are guided by nurture, as society treats boys and girls differently from an early age.

Men and women are different: we have different tendencies, skills, and behaviors. This should be accepted and fostered, not demonized. Because the end result is simply more effeminate men and more masculine women. Who wants that?

I don't think men try to make women be like them, but I think women try to make men be like them, a lot.

We are in effect enculturating kids from the very beginning to see women and girls as not taking up half of the space.

Even if society dictates that men and women should behave in certain ways, it is fathers and mothers who teach those ways to children not just in the words they say, but in the lives they lead.

But I think boys ultimately are easier than girls.

I've come to learn that there is a real difference between men and women. It's genetic.

Because of our social circumstances, male and female are really two cultures and their life experiences are utterly different.

I grew up in a time when many people believed that men and women should not always be treated equally.

Little girls as children, I think, are expected to behave better. If a boy's naughty at school, he's a little bit cheeky and mischievous. If a girl's naughty, she's trouble.

In the end, I do think it's insulting to men and women to insist that they fit a certain profile. I never understood that.

What these books have conclusively proven is that the diffence between men and women is exactly 38 pages.

For the longest time, you couldn't even say boys and girls were different. It was taboo in the educational world.

Masculine and feminine roles are not biologically fixed but socially constructed.

Call it nature or nurture, there are differences in how men and women approach professional conduct, and facing these issues head-on will make us all more equipped to succeed.

Most critics of gender division are women, and they're worried about girls and the roles presented for them by gendered entertainments. They are quite right to be. Telling girls that the cars and the guns are beyond their domain of expertise, and that they should content themselves with clothes and friendships, is limiting.

Over the years, the most ponderous problem for women has been that men think that men and women are very different. Another of our massive problems is that women also think that men and women are very different.

I don't pretend there aren't biological differences, but I don't believe the desire for leadership is hardwired biology, not the desire to win or excel. I believe that it's socialization, that we're socializing our daughters to nurture and our boys to lead.

You've got to remember that men are men and women are women. And although a lot of similarities, there are some real differences.

Parenting girls makes you quite gender-conscious - it's almost impossible to fight the power of pink. It's not such a terrible thing to want to be a princess when you're five, but it would be nice if there were some other options.

Physical, emotional, psychological and social differences [between the sexes] exist and dare not be disregarded.