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==Colloquial/pejorative meaning and critique== | ==Colloquial/pejorative meaning and critique== | ||
Critics hold that many social constructionists almost ironically | Critics hold that many social constructionists almost ironically end up ''themselves'' forming hardened worldviews as a consequence of the polarization with their intellectual opponents. This leads them to extreme assumptions such as that gender, race, class, and disability are only or predominantly ''socially constructed'' rather than a result of evolution, and that humans are for the most part ''blank slates'' and ''infinitely malleable''. | ||
This is accompanied by a feeling of moral superiority, [[Marxism|resentment]] and pessimism, and an expectation by accepting this we can achieve a more harmonious society, even utopia. | This is accompanied by a feeling of moral superiority, [[Marxism|resentment]] and pessimism, and an expectation by accepting this we can achieve a more harmonious society, even utopia. | ||