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If social constructs are man made then why do animals follow them along similar guidelines?

I don't see birds interbreeding, or in gay relationships. πŸ€”

If physical features don't seperate us then I don't see why the birds stay within their own breed...aka race.

Racist birds?

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Beauty

Beauty is definitely a social construct, changing all of the time.

Art is another example.


@endlame said
If social constructs are man made then why do animals follow them along similar guidelines?

I don't see birds interbreeding, or in gay relationships. πŸ€”

If physical features don't seperate us then I don't see why the birds stay within their own breed...aka race.

Racist birds?
Human “race” is not analogous to bird species and birds do interbreed with the same species no matter what color they are or where they came from. There are also plenty of gay animals.

https://sites.tufts.edu/museumstudents/2021/02/22/whats-with-all-the-gay-penguins/

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I’ve had cats that liked to mate with socks so….

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@endlame said
If race is a social construct, how come geneticists can take a random sample and have a 99.86 percent chance of determining which of the 4 groups it came from?

White, Black, Hispanic and East Asian...

"Analysis of genomes from around the world establishes that there is a biological basis for race, despite the official statements to the contrary of leading social science ...[text shortened]... e basis in biological reality."

https://time.com/91081/what-science-says-about-race-and-genetics/
You can look at genes and see what eye colour someone has as well.
Doesn’t make blue eyed people a different race than brown eyed people.


@endlame said
If social constructs are man made then why do animals follow them along similar guidelines?

I don't see birds interbreeding, or in gay relationships. πŸ€”

If physical features don't seperate us then I don't see why the birds stay within their own breed...aka race.

Racist birds?
Trigger alert, baby...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexual_behavior_in_animals

Also look up the difference between "breed" and "species."


So you guys are saying animals have gay partnerships?

Like two birds that stay together their whole lives...they can be the same sex? Gay?
Many species have one mate for life.
So you're telling me that gay animal couples exist?

Are are you guys just referring to confused animals?


@Soothfast

Different species of humans then.

Word play...race, species, breed, who gives a shyt.
We are different.

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@shavixmir said
You can look at genes and see what eye colour someone has as well.
Doesn’t make blue eyed people a different race than brown eyed people.
Most blue eyed people are European ancestry and most Africans are brown eyed.

Just one of the many differences between the races.

Although I wouldn't put eye color as a serious factor in determination.

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@endlame said
So you guys are saying animals have gay partnerships?

Like two birds that stay together their whole lives...they can be the same sex? Gay?
Many species have one mate for life.
So you're telling me that gay animal couples exist?

Are are you guys just referring to confused animals?
It’s a particular human in this thread who is confused, not animals. It would seem you have confused gender with sex. A cadaver (human) has a sex, but it doesn’t have a gender. It’s not possible to determine by examining a cadaver whether the living human was gay, but it can be determined whether male or female or hermaphroditic.

It’s a bit of a stretch, an anthropomorphism, to say that any creature other than a human is “gay”, since this is a gender/identification peculiar to humans. But yes, some animals engage in same-sex sex play. There is also a case known of two male penguins who ‘adopted’ an orphaned penguin chick.

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@endlame said
@Soothfast

Different species of humans then.

Word play...race, species, breed, who gives a shyt.
We are different.
Different species don’t produce fertile offspring if they mate. E.g., dogs and cats. Different breeds produce fertile offspring if they mate. E.g., poodles and labradors.


@sleepyguy said
@moonbus
Baloney
Baloney is a social construct. Doesn’t occur naturally.


@endlame said
@Soothfast

Different species of humans then.

Word play...race, species, breed, who gives a shyt.
We are different.
You’re certainly different.
Ignorant and racist with a personality like a fart in a space suit.


I'll take that as positively unique and special.

How many farts get to be in a spacesuit? Think about it.

I'm practically one of a kind πŸ˜‰