Critiques of Essentialism (7)

1) variation in gender across cultures 2) Margret Mead and the Arapesh 3) rape rates vary widely in cultures across the world 4) societies change without and corresponding gender change 5) gender differences decreasing rapidly 6) research of sociobiology flawed (not able to identify genes, generalized averages) 7) exaggerates degree to which gender is unchangable