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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''. | 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 seen to be 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. | ||
Colloquially, social constructivism also means [[Moral Relativism]], [[Lockianism|Lockian philosophy]], and/or [[gender relativism]], and is sometimes used almost synonymously with [[postmodernism]], e.g. by [[Jordan Peterson]] and other [[tradcon|tradcons]]. All of these terms are being used as fairly far away from the original or academic meanings of the term, except for the commonality that they see nurture as more important than nature. | Colloquially, social constructivism also means [[Moral Relativism]], [[Lockianism|Lockian philosophy]], and/or [[gender relativism]], and is sometimes used almost synonymously with [[postmodernism]], e.g. by [[Jordan Peterson]] and other [[tradcon|tradcons]]. All of these terms are being used as fairly far away from the original or academic meanings of the term, except for the commonality that they see nurture as more important than nature. | ||