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'''Social constructionists''' believe that human characteristics like gender, race, class, and disability are mostly determined by socialization. They take a hard-line nurture stance in the nurture vs. nature argument of human behaviour. They may claim that very few biological drives cannot be | '''Social constructionists''' believe that human characteristics like gender, race, class, and disability are mostly determined by socialization. They take a hard-line nurture stance in the nurture vs. nature argument of human behaviour. They may claim that very few biological drives cannot be overriden and that humans are often ''blank slates'', i.e. malleable. This is typically accompanied by a notion that once we accept this, we can achieve a more harmonious society, even utopia. | ||
Some people who propose social solutions to biologically driven problems are incorrectly labeled social constructionists. IE, people who propose societal solutions to violence are not social constructionists if they acknowledge racial origins in violence. | |||
==Social construction vs biological essentialism== | ==Social construction vs biological essentialism== | ||