Question. What evidence would it take to convince you that there are real biological differences?
In the hypothetical, yes. Absolutely. Social differences can explain a lot of what look like biological differences.
The opposite is also true. Biology may cause large differences.
These two explanations are also not necessarily in conflict. Biological factors may work through social dynamics. For example hormones can change our actions which affects our immediate social environment at impressionable ages.
That said, evidence suggests that testosterone levels during puberty affects our spatial reasoning abilities for the rest of our lives. Given the very large difference in testosterone levels between men and women, this suggests a biological explanation of the measured gender difference.
In the hypothetical, yes. Absolutely. Social differences can explain a lot of what look like biological differences.
The opposite is also true. Biology may cause large differences.
These two explanations are also not necessarily in conflict. Biological factors may work through social dynamics. For example hormones can change our actions which affects our immediate social environment at impressionable ages.
That said, evidence suggests that testosterone levels during puberty affects our spatial reasoning abilities for the rest of our lives. Given the very large difference in testosterone levels between men and women, this suggests a biological explanation of the measured gender difference.