⟳ Репост от Celeste Labedz
People here "social construct" and think "fake" but social constructs are very real! The US Army is a social construct, it's not just a million guys with guns and it wouldn't be very effective if it was, but knowledge of its social construction ain't gonna help you when the bombs start falling
Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwòthere are a lot of philosophical concepts that get egregiously misused out of the seminar room (and in the seminar room, to be fair). but in terms of sheer pernicious misuse "social construct" has gotta be top 5 somewhere and it's not number 5