[foobarbazqux]

> I always wince whenever I see a person espousing any inherent gender differences or preferences, because they are consistently ripped to pieces.

Well, there are studies demonstrating the effect of sex hormones on cognition. Also, if there weren't gender differences, there wouldn't be genders.

[timje1]

Damn, I meant I wince when I see someone espousing inherent gender differences, because the poor sod that brought it up finds himself or herself shouted down. Obviously there are gender differences. Stating that gender differences result in inherent preferences tends to get people's hackles up. Part of the problem is amateur evolutionary biologists starting sentences with 'Just like monkeys, women tend to... ' or 'Men tend to...'

[foobarbazqux]

Oh shit, I totally misread your sentence! I think the problem is most people just aren't in touch with their bodies and the effect that having a body has on the mind.