[LiKao]

Both is true depending on who you ask. That distinction between "men care about objects while women care about people" can be researched at early childhood.

There are very vocal feminists who claim this is a direct sign of strong socialization beginning at early childhood and who claim this effect would completely disappear once we stop socializing gender roles in our society this way.

There are also very vocal feminists who claim that these are two different gendered perspectives and we should have both perspectives.

Yes, this might seem contradictory at first, but it really isn't as much. Feminism advocates for both woman who have grown up under the current socialization as well as new born children, and tries to find ways to do a more fair socialization.