But you need something undergirding it, something dispositional, to break through the system already in place. There would be no rational reason to break through that for anything other than a drive that comes from somewhere.
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Replying to @RhysMcKavanagh @camilleloftus and
Well yes, like let’s go back to the Suffragettes, maybe they had more liberal parents, or saw women doing things that they’d been told women couldn’t do. No two people get the exact same cultural and social conditioning AND then there’s personality as well.
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Replying to @Autumncolours3 @camilleloftus and
Personality which comes from where exactly? Handed down to us from the giant sky God? I'm not being facetious- I'm genuinely confused.
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Replying to @RhysMcKavanagh @Autumncolours3 and
Blank-slate, as in, *no* traits are innate, doesn't make much sense. That's one end of the spectrum. The other end of the spectrum is that *all* traits deemed gendered are innate and correlate with sex. I don't agree with that either.
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Replying to @S_h_e_e_n_a_ @RhysMcKavanagh and
So is the latter view really one that is shared by a significant amount of feminists and not just a straw man of what a lot of people say feminists think? [asking in earnest, not making a rhetorical point]
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Replying to @JustDavidDavid @RhysMcKavanagh and
I've no idea, but that's the interpretation that Rhys seemed to be referencing. Certainly I've seen one or two feminists say that they think even sexual orientation is social, not innate, which I think is barking, actually.
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Replying to @JustDavidDavid @RhysMcKavanagh and
I think it goes back to a fear of doubting free will.
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Replying to @S_h_e_e_n_a_ @RhysMcKavanagh and
Say that again with a couple of sentences...If you don’t mind.
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Replying to @JustDavidDavid @RhysMcKavanagh and
Blank-slate theory rejects that any of our personality is biologically determined. I think one reason people might be drawn to it is to do with politics (feminism etc) but another reason is that biologically determined personality traits undermine the idea of free will.
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Yes, people worry about how data/science will be misused (and it can be). But in any case, *individuals* should never be assumed to adhere to the mean when it comes to a bell curve. And understanding there are biological tendencies isn't the same as determinism...
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Did you actually read his memo though? Bc it doesn't sound like it tbh...
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