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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't think it's all socialization. My parents were very co-equal in terms of parenting and domestic tasks, and my dad helps to care for my mom's mother, who is in assisted living near them. My brother lives in the same city as my parents and sees them a few times a year. I live across the country so I don't see them often either, but normally we go out for 9 or 10 days once a year and my parents come visit us 2-3 times for a week each, so I spend a lot more time with them than my brother does. He just doesn't make it a priority.[/quote]

Yes it is impossible to know what percentage is biology versus socialization. There is no agreement on nature v nurture for explaining gender gap in providing care but we can only do something about the socialization piece.

https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2017/12/05/on-gender-differences-no-consensus-on-nature-vs-nurture/

Twenty-five years after the release of the bestseller “Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus,” the debate over how and why men and women are different and what that means for their roles in society is far from settled. A new Pew Research Center survey finds that majorities of Americans say men and women are basically different in the way they express their feelings, their physical abilities, their personal interests and their approach to parenting. But there is no public consensus on the origins of these differences. While women who perceive differences generally attribute them to societal expectations, men tend to point to biological differences.

https://www.oecd.org/dev/development-gender/Unpaid_care_work.pdf

Key messages
 Around the world, women spend two to ten times more time on unpaid care work than men.
 This unequal distribution of caring responsibilities is linked to discriminatory social institutions
and stereotypes on gender roles.
 Gender inequality in unpaid care work is the missing link in the analysis of gender gaps in labour outcomes, such as labour force participation, wages and job quality
 Tackling entrenched gender norms and stereotypes is a first step in redistributing responsibilities for care and housework between women and men.[/quote]

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