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==Colloquial/pejorative meaning and critique== | ==Colloquial/pejorative meaning and critique== | ||
Today, and somewhat diverging from the original definition, ''social constructivism'' is mostly used by critics of the new left, who | Today, and somewhat diverging from the original definition, ''social constructivism'' is mostly used by critics of the new left, who critics regard as having 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 correctness|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 "postmodern 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> Another famous critic of blank slatery is [[Steven Pinker]]. | [[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 correctness|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 "postmodern 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> Another famous critic of blank slatery is [[Steven Pinker]]. | ||