Originally Posted by Bloozcrooz

Well, your farts are expected to be of a certain potency and pressure I think when your a man. You don't want some lil wimpy fart (fluff) cramping your style when expectations are high. Also you want to be able at any given time almost be able to break wind on command, and bring tears to the eyes of those you share your farts with most with the rancid odor. There's little room for error in this unforgiving world of flatulence, and the ones who prosper the most are the gassiest bastards of men.

Originally Posted by Pedestrian

Gender is a social construct. There's nothing inherent in DNA that directs us to fulfill any particular roles or expectations.

Originally Posted by J.R.R. Tolkien

There is only one bright spot and that is the growing habit of disgruntled men of dynamiting factories and power-stations; I hope that, encouraged now as ‘patriotism’, may remain a habit! But it won’t do any good, if it is not universal.

Originally Posted by The Batlord

I don't know if I buy that. I don't have any links to studies, but I remember reading at least one that showed people gravitating to specific...uh...gender roles(?) at very early ages (little boys picking up GI Joes and little girls picking up Barbie dolls kinda stuff) that seemed to at least make it possible that it isn't just a social construct. Social pressures certainly matter, but I don't know that you can definitively say that it doesn't have a genetic component.