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==Social construction vs biological essentialism== | ==Social construction vs biological essentialism== | ||
Scientific consensus rejects any hard-line nature vs. nuture stance, including social deconstructionism and [[biological essentialism]] respectively. that the blank slate of human nature is false. Humans are both malleable and have natural impulses/behaviours. Many emotions, tendencies and traits are universal and fixed, while others are not universal across cultures. E.g. humans all have basically the same facial movement in response to emotional stimuli, across all cultures. This falls in line with [[biological essentialism]]. Cutures vary wildly in violent behavior, even among people with similar geographical and Y-DNA, which falls in line with social construction theory. | Scientific consensus rejects any hard-line nature vs. nuture stance, including social deconstructionism and [[biological essentialism]] respectively. that the blank slate of human nature is false. Humans are both malleable and have natural impulses/behaviours. Many emotions, tendencies and traits are universal and fixed, while others are not universal across cultures. E.g. humans all have basically the same facial movement in response to emotional stimuli, across all cultures. This falls in line with [[biological essentialism]]. Cutures vary wildly in violent behavior, even among people with similar geographical and Y-DNA, which falls in line with social construction theory. | ||
==Criticism== | |||
Social constructionists are criticized by racialists for taking an unnecessarily critical stance towards behaviour determined by broad ancestry and Y-DNA. | |||
== See also == | == See also == | ||