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Question: In examining historical and contemporary "scientific" accounts of gender, sex, race, and ethnicity. We have compared and contrasted biological determinist with social constructionist approaches to gender, sex, and race to see how these two distinct approaches conceptualize and seek to explain or understand gender, sex, and race - scientifically, medically, politically, and socially.
First, please explain what the term biological determinism means - how might we define and explain this concept? What are the central assumptions and the logic/reasoning that guide biological determinist arguments?
Next, please consider what real or potential consequences might result from applying a biological determinist approach to the study of race, sex, and gender. Please identify critiques that have been or might potentially be made with respect to biological determinist arguments.
Then, please explain what the term 'social construction' means - how might we define and explain this concept? What are the central assumptions and the logic/reasoning that guide social constructionist arguments?
Finally, please consider what real or potential consequences might result from applying a social constructionist approach to the study of race, sex, and gender.