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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Replying to @HPluckrose
I think ‘essentialism’ is a bad concept myself, in that it smuggles in an assumption that there is nothing beyond immediate appearance; that is the ‘ism’ is a pejorative attached to the essence/appearance distinction. (Making no claims about gender here.)
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Replying to @HPluckrose
My fault, I’m sure. IMHO: Mostly the arguments against biological essentialism as explanation for gender difference are good. But...
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Replying to @JamesHeartfield @HPluckrose
... 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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