Sex - or sexual orientation has long fascinated me. Race has also been in my life for a very long time as an issue of fascination. As a Jew - anti-semetism has been on my mind for my entire conscious life.
I'm linking them here because the way these three aspects of life can be considered is somewhat interesting, in short.
Sexual orientation by which I mean is a person heterosexual or homosexual or bisexual or any of the other sexualities is both a genetic and a social construct. In my opinion. In my opinion the debate relative to it being a social construct is real as we know people have hidden their sexual orientations at times in history and they have hidden it successfully.
Race is also genetic and social as biologists tell us there are no real racial differences amongst humans yet clearly in the past several hundred years (I am told it is really ONLY the last several hundred years) differences in appearance by color or other physical looks has been established as real.
Anti-semetism is based on genetics and social constructs, Just accept that. And the basis is rather easily hidden!
THE POINT HERE IS ... Jews and people of various sexual orientations are able to hide their identifications to escape the hate directed at them while race is much less able to be hidden, if at all.
Another thing - all races and ethnic/religious groups may have people of various sexual orentations and all races may be part of ethnic religious groups, etc etc... BUT Race is unique in two ways. One way is that it cannot be hidden. The second way is it is solely a social construct.
Don't you think?
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