Definition
Biophobia is the irrational fear or rejection of biological explanations for human behavior, preferences, and choices. It is a form of science denialism prevalent in the social sciences and humanities, where any attempt to “Darwinize” or ground human phenomena in evolutionary reality is viewed as reductionistic or “sexist/racist nonsense.”
Why It Matters
Rejecting biological reality in favor of social constructivism leads to delusional policies and institutional decay, as it attempts to build a society that ignores the deep-seated evolutionary drivers of human behavior.
Core Concepts
- Rejection of Innate Differences: Scoffing at the idea that sex differences might be rooted in evolutionary imperatives rather than social construction.
- Social Constructivism Bias: The belief that the human mind is an empty slate (tabula rasa) void of biological blueprints, shaped entirely by socialization.
- Academic Hostility: Profound resistance within university departments (especially Women’s Studies and Sociology) to evolutionary psychology and behavioral genetics.
- Victimhood Narrative: Maintaining that disparities in outcomes are solely due to systemic biases (e.g., “sexist hiring”) while ignoring data on dispositional or interest-based differences.
- Hysterical Response: Responding to biological facts with emotional outrage or attempts to cancel/fire the messenger (e.g., the Lawrence Summers and James Damore cases).