Would the personalty-brain in the female baby grow up to be a misandrist ?
Would the personalty-brain in the male baby grow up to be a misogynist .
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2006-12-06 16:43:34 · 3 answers · asked by bolounit1 2 in Social Science ➔ Gender Studies
Interesting hypothetical question. This brings up the whole nature/nurture question. Are you born a misogynist/misandrist (which I do believe is a mental illness) or are you socialized into it? If you are the son of an abusive, hateful woman, who degrades you at every turn, do you become a misogynist? If you are the daughter of a pedophile woman hater, who always made you feel like you were less than nothing, do you grow up to be a misandrist? I think it's both. Nature AND Nurture. So, if you switched their brains, and duplicated the experiment several times with other newborns, I think that the outcome would be different each time, because you can't control socialization.
2006-12-06 17:03:34 · answer #1 · answered by wendy g 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Misogynists are not born, they're made. Given that, you figure it out.
2006-12-09 00:12:06 · answer #2 · answered by Egghead 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you brain-swapped them, then you'd have a woman who hated other women and a man who hated other men. Therefore, you'd have a feminist and a mangina.
2006-12-09 01:15:33 · answer #3 · answered by Steve 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋