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This is the death of anthropology. > The session was rejected because it relied on assumptions that run contrary to the settled science in our discipline I do

This is the death of anthropology. > The session was rejected because it relied on assumptions that run contrary to the settled science in our discipline I don't think it's settled science. You can cross different borders on our planet and have different anthropologic organizations that come to different conclusions dependent on what borders you're inside of.

hwillis 3y ago
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- OfSanguineFire 3y ago
  I think you are missing the GP’s point. Or here, the American organization we’re discussing might be compararable to your fringe deniers of evolution. My background is in an adjacent field of the humanities to anthropology, but I am in Europe. Our professional orgs and conferences over here generally show none of that obsessive focus on trans issues, taboos, and claims that some presentation would be “harm” or “violence” to “vulnerable people”. That is viewed as a distinctly North American circus, which has made a few inroads elsewhere, especially in the Anglosphere, but has thankfully spared most of the rest of the scholarly world so far.
none_to_remain 3y ago
This is not a matter for science, it's a matter of religion
- troupe 3y ago
  The talk was specifically saying that despite some very rare mutations, humans have binary sex in the sense that they are XX or XY, so the categorization of skeletons as male and female is a reasonable scientific classification as far as sex is concerned. How is that not a matter for science?
  - 15457345234 3y ago
    > How is that not a matter for science? It is a matter for science, but most scientists just want to do science, not engage with culture war fanatics who will literally camp outside your house and subject you and your employer to an endless internet hate campaign if you commit what they see as heresy. The reluctance to push the topic is quite understandable when you consider how unhinged some of the people on the other side are.
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hwillis 3y ago

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OfSanguineFire 3y ago
I think you are missing the GP’s point. Or here, the American organization we’re discussing might be compararable to your fringe deniers of evolution. My background is in an adjacent field of the humanities to anthropology, but I am in Europe. Our professional orgs and conferences over here generally show none of that obsessive focus on trans issues, taboos, and claims that some presentation would be “harm” or “violence” to “vulnerable people”. That is viewed as a distinctly North American circus, which has made a few inroads elsewhere, especially in the Anglosphere, but has thankfully spared most of the rest of the scholarly world so far.

none_to_remain 3y ago

This is not a matter for science, it's a matter of religion

troupe 3y ago
The talk was specifically saying that despite some very rare mutations, humans have binary sex in the sense that they are XX or XY, so the categorization of skeletons as male and female is a reasonable scientific classification as far as sex is concerned. How is that not a matter for science?
- 15457345234 3y ago
  > How is that not a matter for science? It is a matter for science, but most scientists just want to do science, not engage with culture war fanatics who will literally camp outside your house and subject you and your employer to an endless internet hate campaign if you commit what they see as heresy. The reluctance to push the topic is quite understandable when you consider how unhinged some of the people on the other side are.
  - benterix 3y ago
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