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Definitely. The notion that gender roles are an immutable part of the universe is basically a religious statement, not a factual one.

For those interested in how much this varies across species, I heartily recommend Dr Taiana's Sex Advice to All Creation: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00846X144

It's a great and funny book on the biology of gender and reproduction, written as an advice column.

Growing up in the midwest, I mistook a lot of what people got up to as essential facts of human biology. But after 15 years living in San Francisco, I've come to realize how much of that is purely socially constructed.




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