“Gender is a Social Construct“ is a Social Construct

We often hear that gender is a social construct, but is it? In a recent article, “Confessions of a Social Constructionist“ published in Quillette, Dr. Christopher Dummit admits that much of his work on the study of gender was basically, all made up. He believed that gender was self-evidently a social construct, and never thought to question that presupposition. Let’s question it today, but looking at the history of biological denial in the social sciences and whether or not gender really is a social constru