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'''Social constructionism''' is a sociological philosophy that describes how humans develop hardened conceptualizations of each others actions over time, which leads to habitual [[LARP|role-playing]] of fixed social roles. The first social constructivist philosophers believed liberalism created a nebulous form of social role adoption.  And that social role adoption creates reality itself.
'''Social constructionism''' is a sociological philosophy about how humans develop ''hardened conceptualizations'' of one another over time, which leads to habitual [[LARP|role-playing]] of ''fixed'' social roles. Early authors saw this as result of liberalism resulting in people creating their own religions and realities.


This can be seen in the [[anti-incels]]/[[incels]] polarization, where firmly entrenched memes and roles create a split over time and define each others actions within forums. The social roles of modern blackpill and [[anti-incel]] forums become codified almost to the point of [[incels.co|subcultural]], [[anti-incels|not traditionally moral]], and [[blackpill|quasi-religious]] activity.  These social roles all groups form then define those groups over time as well as the causes they claim to represent.
Related dynamics can be seen in the [[anti-incels]]/[[incels]] polarization, where firmly entrenched memes and roles create a split over time and define each others actions within forums. The social roles of modern blackpill and [[anti-incel]] forums become codified almost to the point of [[incels.co|subcultural]], [[anti-incels|not traditionally moral]], and [[blackpill|quasi-religious]] activity.


The theory was formalized by the 1960s philosophers Berger and Luckmann, who both saw modernity and the liberalization of traditional institutions as causing people to have loose moral moorings and to create their own religions.  Their books not dedicated exclusively to social constructionism mainly dealt with non-traditional religion.  ‘’’They did not have a prescriptive stance towards human behavior or modernity’’’, but were rather attempting to be descriptive.  Furthermore, they did not make many claims about the validity of non-social causes of behavior. The main proponents of social constructionism, saw liberalism as causing a  
The theory was developed in the 1960s philosophers Berger and Luckmann, who both saw modernity and the liberalization of traditional institutions as causing people to have loose moral moorings and to create their own religions and realities, related to [[postmodernism]].  Contrary to modern colloquial use of the term, early authors mainly dealt with religion diverging from traditional religion, and had no particular prescriptive stance towards human behavior or modernity. The main proponents of social constructionism, saw liberalism as causing a  


{{Quote|"homelessness of the mind."|Berger}}
{{Quote|"homelessness of the mind."|Berger}}
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==Colloquial/pejorative meaning and critique==
==Colloquial/pejorative meaning and critique==


Critics hold that social constructionism is itself a reciprocal social role born from excess liberalism.  New Leftists who believe gender, race, class, and disability are only or predominantly ''socially constructed'' rather than a result of evolution.  Critics of them will blame them for being, “social constructivists”, as a result of them denying non-social behavioral causes.  It is important to note however that social constructionism does not deny non-social origins of behavior, but rather ignores them.  [[Lockian]]s, or those who believe that humans are for the most part ''blank slates'' and ''infinitely malleable'' are also labeled social constructionists.
Today, and somewhat diverging from the original definition, ''social constructivism'' is mostly used by critics of the new left, who adopted extreme
[[Lockianism|Lockianist]], [[postmodernism|postmodernist]] assumptions that gender, race, beauty, class, and disability are only or predominantly ''socially constructed'' rather than [[biological essentialism|biological]], and a [[politically correct]] belief that humans are for the most part ''blank slates'' and ''infinitely malleable''. Critics such as [[Jordan Peterson]] and other [[tradcon|tradcons]] accuse these "social constructionists" of a [[Marxism|resentful]] and pessimist assumption that aforementioned social constructions are the roots of most evil. Social constructionism is thought to be driven by a tremendous moral superiority and a naive expectation that by e.g. breaking down gender roles, one can achieve a more harmonious society, even utopia.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vofiOCIWnCY</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm7vmHwfCdg</ref>


Critics accuse constructionism proponents of moralism, pretention, Marxism, [[Marxism|resentment]]{{citation needed}}, pessimism{{citation needed}}, and a naive expectation that by accepting this we can achieve a more harmonious society, even utopia.
Social constructivism and postmodernism have been criticized for providing ideological foundations for cranks and pretentious people, because critics see it as giving too much credence to ideas that are not rooted in reality, e.g. postmodernism regards all views of reality as equally valid. This is thought to be driven by a [[Marxism|Marxist]] intuition and pessimism that leading assumptions about reality (such as about gender, race and human hierarchies) are corrupt and destructive.
 
[[Jordan Peterson]] and other [[tradcon|tradcons]] primarily use the term "social constructivism" to refer to [[Lockianism]].  Lockianism is fairly far away from the original or academic meanings of the term, except for the commonality that they tend to see nurture as more important than nature.
 
As described by Jordan Peterson, humans differ in degrees of openness to experience (part of the Big 5 personality questionairre), with conservatives tending towards low-opennes to new experience, and liberals tending towards high-openness.  The idea that social constructionism is a bad thing or innaccurate would lend itself toward those who have a low tolerance for new experiences (non-formal social roles) and partly explains conservative use of the term as a pejorative. 
 
Social constructivism and postmodernism have been criticized for providing ideological foundations for cranks and pretentious people, because critics see it as giving too much credence to ideas that are not rooted in reality, e.g. postmodernism tends to regard all views of reality as equally valid.


== See also ==
== See also ==
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