I’m arguing about evolutionary psychology and if I ever get internet I may blog this, but here are some thoughts:
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I think you found my thread of thoughts. It’s been all over that
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Ah — gotcha!
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But I mean, sure it's alive on the internet. And even in the academy (journals) to some extent. But is it taken seriously by enough scholars that it's worth critiquing? Or am I just living in a part of there world where no one thinks about it?
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I'm concerned that it has a real impact on public perception that humans beings come in two distinct natural kinds, 'men' vs 'women', and feeds into essentialist views of these social categories. In that sense I think it is important to take it seriously.
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Mutatis mutandis for racism as much as sexism/binarism/heteronormativity, IMHO.
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Indeed. Social categories generally. "Scientific" approaches (EP or otherwise) have a long tradition of trying to reify all kinds of social categories (which very destructive social consequences).
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I think that it is the responsibility of fields such as EP to critically reflect on such practices and histories, and work hard to conceptually clean up their act. Perhaps EP can take inspiration from how social psychology is benefiting as a science from internal critique.
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The EPs I follow won't even take a moment to comment on or attempt to check the obvious misconceptions and racism/sexism of their followers let alone engage in a serious reflection of the state of the field.
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