All language is a social construct. We recognize patterns in the real world and assign words to them, but patterns in complex systems like human biology have al

All language is a social construct. We recognize patterns in the real world and assign words to them, but patterns in complex systems like human biology have all kinds of exceptions. Social construct doesn't mean fake, though. It's real, and it describes a real thing, but is a simplified model of it. The fight is over which model is better.