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That is scientifically untrue. Male and female have very different biology, this is why diseases have different distribution, and drugs different effects. Biological differences are the vast majority, and can be easily studied statistically
There are also cultural differences. But saying that most or all differences are cultural is pretty dangerous.
Edit. Corrected wrong edit
Your comment is mostly wrong. There are differences in biology, but it comes down to Y chromosome basically. Most differences are cultural.
Cultural differences lead to huge differences in the observable statistics. That's the mistake you make in your comment: observable statistics can't make the difference between a cultural or biological origin for anything. Because behaviour (and this culture) will immensely affect the biology. Like doing sport or washing your hands or diet or whatever.
Saying "it comes down to y chromosome basically" is extremely reductive. The way minor genes are expressed can result in vast differences in biology.
Thanks for bringing it up, I didn't want to be "that guy"... People think as if complexity of genetics is measured in meters of DNA. When they'll find out that humans and chimps share 99% of DNA