Biological determinism is pseudoscience akin to the naturalistic fallacy. Genuine biological research shows us to be overlapping populations
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Yes…
And my point was that all the layers in between need to be explained as well. Instead of shortcutting it bottom to top.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @fronxer
I'm not sure what that means. We can look at culture without considering biology & biology without considering culture. 1/2
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Replying to @HPluckrose @fronxer
I'd suggest that it is beneficial to consider both when talking about things like gender relations.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
I agree with that. But I also think we shouldn't shortcut, e.g. "women are animals and like sex, ergo misogyny is not relevant"
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Replying to @fronxer
I'd hope everyone would think that. Unfortunately, any focus on biology at all tends to be read this way.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Isn't it because the implications are often unclear, unspoken, but still somewhat hinted at, left as an exercise for the reader?
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Replying to @fronxer
No, I think it's selective reading from a feminist perspective which assumes that if gender diffs exist, women are inferior.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
There is also criticism of applying a social gender lens in biological research, thus "finding" what's assumed to exist.
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Replying to @fronxer @HPluckrose
I.e. the bio-social shortcut is implicit in the setup, in the question, in the set of hypotheses deemed worthy of testing.
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If you see that, point it out. I'm concerned people assume it &talk about it w/out showing how, when, where & what shld've been done instead
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