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'''Biological essentialism''' is the claim that biological instincts cannot be overridden | '''Biological essentialism''' is the claim that biological instincts cannot be overridden and therefore activism to change the way most people naturally behave, on a timescale shorter than thousands of years of human evolution, is a waste of time and potentially dangerous due to the increasingly draconian means that are expected to be used to enforce the change. | ||
A common counterargument to such fears is that a ''middle ground'' can more realistically be reached, since humans ''are'' malleable to some extent. | A common counterargument to such fears is that a ''middle ground'' can more realistically be reached, since humans ''are'' malleable to some extent. | ||
Proponents of biological or gender essentialism often have a [[Libertarianism|libertarian]] streak. | Proponents of biological or gender essentialism often have a [[Libertarianism|libertarian]] streak. | ||