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Even the RationalWiki admits that the social constructionist view is silly in its extreme form.<ref>https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Social_constructionism</ref>
Even the RationalWiki admits that the social constructionist view is silly in its extreme form.<ref>https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Social_constructionism</ref>


As such, social constructionism borders '''Lockianism''' which refers to John Locke's philosophy that humans are ''blank slates'', meaning that very little is biologically predetermined, but rather socially constructed. Hence, it falls toward the nurture end of the spectrum in the nature and nurture debate.
As such, social constructionism borders [[Lockianism]] which refers to John Locke's philosophy that humans are ''blank slates'', meaning that very little is biologically predetermined, but rather socially constructed. Hence, it falls toward the nurture end of the spectrum in the nature and nurture debate.


Much of the New Left and [[anti-incels]] are radical social constructionists, and hence simply dismiss arguments made by incels on grounds of evolutionary psychology or biology.
Much of the New Left and [[anti-incels]] are radical social constructionists, and hence simply dismiss arguments made by incels on grounds of evolutionary psychology or biology.
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