I see what you're saying, but any attempt to define a universal/innate/instinctive will always make me unhappy. It's all the damn wishy-washy cultural theory I wound up studying. It makes me a right fascist whenever someone pulls out the word 'real'! I would say that the completely-artificial social constructs you're talking about are no more real or unreal than any other cause for behaviour, and the same applies to 'biological' forces. Which are the stronger for any one individual, well, it depends. I'm babbling. Ignore me.
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Date: 2006-12-09 08:24 pm (UTC)I'm babbling. Ignore me.