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 …
Yes, I know that but what do we call people who say we can if not 'biological essentialists?' Biological determinists? Is there a word for people who believe biology produces a distinctly male and a distinctly female nature?
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Biological determinists. Sociological illiterates. Victims of a category error. The reasoning is mostly circular btw. Nobody ever predicted social behaviour by reasoning from nature. They only retrospectively attribute trends to biology.
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You have to notice behavioural differences first, yes, before you can look for causes in hormone levels or brains.
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