Evolution is responsible for all changes, diversity, intelligence differences between species, physical differences, etc.
That is, a world without God and how it came to be.
Despite this, and apparently millions of years of gender differences between countless lifeforms, there are absolutely no real gender differences. Genders are identical mentally, and any appearance of gender is fake and entirely malleable.
Also, despite this, and apparently tens of thousands of years of separation between different groups of humans, and obvious physical differences, it is absolutely and totally impossible for there to be any stereotypical character unique to different races or ethnic groups, especially with regard to intelligence or behavior.
So the mainstream opinion, very seriously and devoutly held, is that not only did evolution responsible for everything, in a couple circumstances unique to humans, and despite natural selection still working on some physical differences, evolution completely and totally stopped making any mental differences for tends of thousands of years with regard to race and gender among humans. That is, without any God to cease the process, or any reason for the process to cease. It just did, and if you doubt it shut up.
Isn't that just a little speciesist? ;-)
"there are absolutely no real gender differences"
ReplyDeleteIt's interesting that, although I think you're right that this is a kind of view perpetuated by certain aspects of mainstream culture-academia ... *everyone* that I know on a personal basis doesn't seem to hold this view, as far as I can tell.
I actually wonder to what extent beliefs about complete sameness between the sexes is seriously and devoutly held. My guess is that more or less only clever-sillies cocooned in academia can even attempt to genuinely hold this view, and even then they're probably not consistent.
I think you're right. My son is only in the toddler stage, and every young couple I meet expresses how much their girl acts like a girl or boy acts like a boy without any prompting (even extreme liberals).
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