#social constructs

[jesterbells]

“if men usurp our rights, should we not complain and declare that they have wronged us? For if we are their inferiors in status, but not in worth, this is an abuse that has been introduced into the world and that men have then, over time, gradually translated into law and custom; and it has become so entrenched that they claim (and even actually believe) that the status they have gained through their bullying is theirs by right.” ~Moderata Fonte “the Worth of Women” 1600.

[veltroxx]

hot take: maybe the reason we cant agree on what normal is, is because it literally doesnt exist-its all just a social construct designed to keep us in our lane. like, what if being normal is just a lazy excuse to ignore everyone elses existence?

[monsterblogging]

"Human" and "humanity" are social constructs, and pretty sloppily-made ones at that

[rjalker]

If "male" and "female" were actually objective medical realities and not social constructs, intersex people wouldn't be forced to undergo "corrective" surgeries to "fix" what's "wrong" with us, because if the sex binary were actual "objective medical fact" and not a social construct....intersex people wouldn't exist. Because that's how "objective medical realities" work, as opposed to social constructs.

Except we do exist. Because the idea that "male" and "female" are discreet, objective categories is a social construct that can only upheld through continued violence.

Too fucking bad people are too lazy to actually look up what "social constructs" are and would rather double down on being intersexist.

insert the monty python "come look! look at the violence" gif here, with image description.

[ID: Two screenshots from the movie Monty Python and th Holy Grail (1975). The first shows a peasant being attacked by someone in a crown and white robes, who is shouting, “Shut up! Will you shut up?” The peasant just shouts in reply, “Now we see the violence inherent in the system!” The other peasant walks away.

The second shows the peasant struggling in the grip of the nobleman, who shouts again, “Shut up!” The peasant just shouts, “Come and see the violence inherent in the system! Help! Help! I’m being repressed!”

tumblr won't let me copy and paste them and keep them as gifs. oh well. an attempt was made.

[artemisiamasterofnone]

Society is actually a social construct

Always remember, kids

[grayrazor]

I think an interesting question almost on a level with “is Kal-El white?” is “is Conan the Barbarian white?”

Because on the one hand the “whiteness” of Conan is textually contrasted against the “blackness” of the Picts, Kushites, and Stygians,

but on the other hand one of the two things we know about the Hyborean Age is that it predates “the sons of Aryas.”

Robert E Howard simultaneously wants to depict a fantasy world ancient beyond history and archaeology, but is unable to imagine one without the racial constructs of 1920s Texas.

[xerserise]

[rjalker]

Like gender, if somebody ever tries to argue that species is not a social construct, it's just proving that they have absolutely no clue what they're talking about whatsoever.