‘Settled Science’? Anthropologists Don’t Know the Difference Between Men and Women

[Michie]

Ideology is trumping the free exchange of ideas, open inquiry and the scientific method itself.

The American Anthropological Association (AAA) recently rejected a proposed session from its annual meeting. The board released a statement titled, “No Place for Transphobia in Anthropology: Session Pulled From Annual Meeting Program.” The removed session was called, “Let’s Talk About Sex, Baby: Why Biological Sex Remains a Necessary Analytic Category in Anthropology.”

This incident is one of a growing number of instances in which ideology trumps the free exchange of ideas, open inquiry and the scientific method itself.

The AAA stated:

“The session was rejected because it relied on assumptions that run contrary to the settled science in our discipline.” Those contrary ideas are, “namely, that sex and gender are simplistically binary. … Such efforts contradict scientific evidence.”

In the face of a statement like that, it is fair to ask, what “settled science?” What kind of scientific evidence are we talking about?

Anthropology is the study of humans throughout history. Did these anthropologists all of sudden find out that Lucy was transgender or nonbinary? No. For as long as life has been studied, there have been two and only two sexes — in all mammal species.

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‘Settled Science’? Anthropologists Don’t Know the Difference Between Men and Women

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[Ave Maria]

One thing that really bothers me about woke gender ideology is the idea that a person's perception of themselves changes reality. That is the dumbest concept in the world. If a mentally ill person believes that they are a demigod, that doesn't make them one. Our thoughts do not change reality, so why does mainstream science and psychology keep insisting that it does have an effect on facts?