Biological essentialism, in the context of gender differences, refers to a belief that men and women are cognitively & psychologically distinct. There is a female nature & a male nature. Whereas, in reality, we are strongly overlapping populations with much individual variation. https://twitter.com/ashishkjames99/status/999737040324345857 …
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My fault, I’m sure. IMHO: Mostly the arguments against biological essentialism as explanation for gender difference are good. But...
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... the concept of essentialism is bad. All reason is about moving from appearance to essence (with caveats). I.e. not taking first impressions uncritically. Deconstructionists (and others) argue this is a false move, which they call ‘essentialism’.
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I know the concept of biological essentialism is often misused. In fact, I think I only hear it in contexts where it is misused. When sex differences are being denied.
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