Re:A Guide To Hacker News For People Who Aren’t Men (2018)
by jccalhoun on Monday June 29, 2020 @11:30AM
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There is a difference between saying a species is "biologically programmed" and a sex is "biologically programmed". And I think there is also a difference between the things we say turtles are "biologically programmed" to do and the things we say men and women are "biologically programmed" to do. It is a lot more accurate to say that turtles are biologically programmed to eat a certain diet than to say men are better at Y and women are better at X because genetics and culture are so intertwined that it is difficult to accurately say which is which.
Is it always sexist to claim biological determinism? No, but I think it would be good to acknowledge that in many cases we really don't know what is nature and what is nurture.
Is it always sexist to claim biological determinism? No, but I think it would be good to acknowledge that in many cases we really don't know what is nature and what is nurture.