Lea Glaenzer argues gender norms are learned, not biological. From birth, socialization shapes how people see themselves. Men, who've held institutional power, have a particular responsibility to dismantle these norms rather than leaving it to others.
This, I feel, is maybe too strong of an answer, but I definitely think that the gender norms that are imposed on both men and women, like you said, from the moment that they're born, they completely change the way that someone grows up, and the fact that they exist will change the way that people realize themselves as humans. But I think a lot of the counterreaction to this now in breaking down the norms are an expression of autonomy over how one can express oneself, what one can or cannot do in this society. So I think I would go for the argument that it is mostly nurture and that If one is raised without these preconceived notions of gender, then there would not be an innate difference between men and women other than a physical appearance even. And of course, this affects negatively both of the genders on this binary, but simply because male gender has been in power institutionally and governmentally, it's important for them to see, like Jennifer was saying, that it's a lot of the responsibility on them to make sure that this binary collapses and that it cannot be from the genders that are less in power in society to break down that norm. Interesting. So we have one point of view of nature versus nurture.
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