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I was a little confused about the idea of "Nature" and "Culture."

Is it nature vs. nurture? Or old and new? traditional and modern?

I did think it was very interesting that she spoke of how many of men and women's behaviors are a product of their upbringing. I'm sure it seems like a perfectly obvious idea, but the very fact that when we see similarities in ourselves and our mother/father (depending on sex) that we perhaps model ourselves off of their behavior. Obviously this is not true of everyone, but she has an interesting idea that it is nothing inherent and nothing even in day to day life, but in fact just a human instinct? Should we fight this instinct? Is it being supported by our parents? I'd like to see some case studies of children in "non-traditional" families. May it be a single mom/dad, two mommies, two daddies, or even just being raised by an older sibling as opposed to a parental unit.