I already feel sorry for asking, but what exactly is the motivation for those who want gender to be considered a purely social construct?
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Replying to @christianjbdev
In feminism, it stems from the fact that differences between men & women have been used to say women are inferior & should be subordinated.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @christianjbdev
It also has a family relationship with Marxist idea that people are born virtuous and corrupted by capitalism: i.e. both ideologies (1/2)
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... rely on idea that when forces of darkness (patriarchy/capitalism) r vanquished, no vestiges of their effects (gender/class) will remain.
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All forms of teleological utopianism seem to require commitment to implausible beliefs about human nature, along similar lines.
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(Sorry if I was butting in here - thought it was intended as an open question.)
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Not at all. I'll just have to give that more thought. Butt away.
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