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'''Social constructionists''' believe that human characteristics (like gender, race, class, and disability) have always been determined by socialization. They take a hard-line nurture stance in the nurture vs. nature argument of human behaviour. They claim that humans have always been '''blank-slates'''. This is typically accompanied by a notion that once we accept this, we can achieve a more harmonious society, even utopia. | '''Social constructionists''' believe that human characteristics (like gender, race, class, and disability) have always been determined by socialization. They take a hard-line nurture stance in the nurture vs. nature argument of human behaviour. They claim that humans have always been '''blank-slates'''. This is typically accompanied by a notion that once we accept this, we can achieve a more harmonious society, even utopia. | ||
==Social constructionism vs progressivism== | |||
[[Tradcons]] like to conflate progressivism with social constructivism, despite both being very different. Progressives who argue that feral humans (who may have similar biological traits) can be socially engineered to behave differently by less feral humans are by definition not social constructionists. | |||
==Social construction vs biological essentialism== | ==Social construction vs biological essentialism== | ||