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==Social constructionism vs progressivism== | ==Social constructionism vs progressivism== | ||
[[Tradcon]]s like to conflate political 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. Furthermore, progressives promoted eugenics<ref>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2698847</ref>, Woodrow | [[Tradcon]]s like to conflate political 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. Furthermore, progressives promoted eugenics<ref>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2698847</ref>, environmentalist Madison Grant wrote a book about eugenics Hitler called "his bible", Woodrow Wilson racially segrated the government and defended the KKK<ref>https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2015/11/20/9766896/woodrow-wilson-racist</ref>, which all have an origin in biological determinism rather than just social constructionism. | ||
What [[tradcon]]s actually have a problem with is social engineering to deviate from traditional gender roles. | What [[tradcon]]s actually have a problem with is social engineering to deviate from traditional gender roles. | ||