thinking back to @kph3k's question about why "obesity is genetic" is seen as a good thing and "intelligence is genetic" is a bad thing – is this just another manifestation of dualism?
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There’s plenty of room for questioning normativity in what I’m saying. That’s a strength of thinking about categories as social practices. That approach can help pull apart how and why categories like “obese” or “intellectually gifted” are normatively loaded.
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You make it sound as if it is mysterious or even interesting that people will start to dispute the meaning of properties that translate into their economic, social and romantic success.
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