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In general, social constructs aren't bad. But consider something like the lower representation of women in math. If it happens because of genetically different
by hyperpape 9y ago
In general, social constructs aren't bad.
But consider something like the lower representation of women in math. If it happens because of genetically different altitudes/interests then it's inevitable, and there's no use complaining about it. If it's because of society discouraging women, that's just plain dumb.
(Btw: your examples are highly debatable. You can argue that consent and freedom of speech are social practices which respect objective moral/ethical facts).
- yorwba 9y ago> If it happens because of genetically different altitudes/interests then it's inevitable, and there's no use complaining about it. That's not actually true. Even when something is the expected outcome of certain biological factors, that doesn't make it inevitable. With the right kind of intervention, very little is completely biologically determined. That's what medicine is all about. In many ways, culture is also about overcoming the limits and defaults of human biology. There's no reason to suppose that differences between the sexes can't be influenced into a direction that appears more desirable.
- hyperpape 9y agoThat makes sense. I just wanted to point out that a purely cultural difference should be presumed guilty, whereas if there were genetically driven ones, they might not be. The real meat of the point is that a culturally driven difference in this realm is a bad thing.