Claim: Social constructs are meaningless or βarenβt realβ
One persistent assumption that is made in gender-critical arguments is the notion that social constructs are meaningless, less important than natural sciences, or otherwise dismissable.
Remember, activists are using the existence of the white box below in order to argue that the blue and pink areas are meaningless "social constructs" with no basis in biological reality. pic.twitter.com/7LfbGyyoUI
— Colin Wright (@SwipeWright) June 3, 2022
Social constructs are not meaningless and can often have profound impacts on our lives. For example, money, marriage, ownership, geopolitical divisions, and indeed race, gender, and sanity.
For more information on social constructs, see the definition page.