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How much of that is genetic, and how much of that is societal? Pretty much everything I keep reading in this area never comes to anywhere near a conclusion.

Nature vs Nurture - it's this combined with a lack of scientific rigor that I primarily disregard discussions in this area. At worst discussions become a screaming match of woke.

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It may help to have the set of keywords that will yield better search results. Geneticists generally assume that every trait is determined by a combination of Genes and Environment (GxE), and the differences between fraternal and identical twins are used to determine what component is heritable/genetic and what component is environmental.

When it comes to nature vs nurture, the answer seems to always be that it's a combination of both. Unfortunately, this is a heavily politicized topic.

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