The claim that discussion of biological sex is “harmful“ to trans folk is offered with zero evidence, while evidence that “gender-affirming care" is harmful is dismissed.
This discussion may sound like an inconsequential debate over a specialized topic in a virtually invisible academic field, but it's not. Biological and paleoanthropology are the "hardest" fields of the social sciences. That is, they do not heavily rely on theory and speculation, and the conclusions drawn usually come from hard, physical evidence. If the cult of genderism is allowed to alter or interfere with research on human origins, we will lose key insights and information that pertains to our evolution, and possibly provide keys to our future survival. Just as disturbing, eliminating sex from research not only is a denial of the scientific evidence, but constitutes an attempted erasure of women. Thanks to the valuable research by anthropologists, the bones of our ancestors have a voice, and have stories to tell about our prehistory thousands--and even millions--of years later. By denying the existence of sex, the Cult of Gender is being allowed to propagate its own myths through censorship, intimidation, and hostility to science. Shame on AAA for abrogating its responsibility to defend science, open inquiry, and empiricism as fundamental contributions to the betterment of humanity. The genderists are no different than the Catholic Inquisition in the Middle Ages. These people support and spread an ignorant, self-absorbed, cognitive distortion that conflates gender with sex and demonizes anyone who gets in the way. This has to end now, if our sciences and other fields of study are to retain a shred of integrity and credibility. For perspectives on how traditional anthropological concepts can help bring wokism to heel: https://medium.com/@sensoriumunclouded/the-illusion-of-difference-3b908d8d1939
Oh my. From the AAA/CASCA statement "The session was rejected because it relied on assumptions that run contrary to the settled science in our discipline,...". What, pray tell, is "settled science"? If you replace 'settled science' for the word 'dogma' in that sentence it works just as well. That is a clue.
“...what of the fact that now the conversation is being had by everyone except the anthropologists?” Professional peer pressure.
The claim that discussion of biological sex is “harmful“ to trans folk is offered with zero evidence, while evidence that “gender-affirming care" is harmful is dismissed.
This discussion may sound like an inconsequential debate over a specialized topic in a virtually invisible academic field, but it's not. Biological and paleoanthropology are the "hardest" fields of the social sciences. That is, they do not heavily rely on theory and speculation, and the conclusions drawn usually come from hard, physical evidence. If the cult of genderism is allowed to alter or interfere with research on human origins, we will lose key insights and information that pertains to our evolution, and possibly provide keys to our future survival. Just as disturbing, eliminating sex from research not only is a denial of the scientific evidence, but constitutes an attempted erasure of women. Thanks to the valuable research by anthropologists, the bones of our ancestors have a voice, and have stories to tell about our prehistory thousands--and even millions--of years later. By denying the existence of sex, the Cult of Gender is being allowed to propagate its own myths through censorship, intimidation, and hostility to science. Shame on AAA for abrogating its responsibility to defend science, open inquiry, and empiricism as fundamental contributions to the betterment of humanity. The genderists are no different than the Catholic Inquisition in the Middle Ages. These people support and spread an ignorant, self-absorbed, cognitive distortion that conflates gender with sex and demonizes anyone who gets in the way. This has to end now, if our sciences and other fields of study are to retain a shred of integrity and credibility. For perspectives on how traditional anthropological concepts can help bring wokism to heel: https://medium.com/@sensoriumunclouded/the-illusion-of-difference-3b908d8d1939
Keep up your great work! So glad to be a subscriber I learned so much from you Greg and Professor Haidt from The Coddling of the American Mind.....
Oh my. From the AAA/CASCA statement "The session was rejected because it relied on assumptions that run contrary to the settled science in our discipline,...". What, pray tell, is "settled science"? If you replace 'settled science' for the word 'dogma' in that sentence it works just as well. That is a clue.
"Newsom this week repealed the law...". Governors don't make or repeal laws. Newsom signed a law passed by the legislature.