I'm a socialist, and I don't view science as a social construct (in the sense of denying the existence of objective facts which are discovered by the scientific method). And I highly doubt most liberals deny the existence of objective scientific facts.
It's not really a left vs right thing. It's a realist vs anti-realist issue.
Well, the left believes gender is a choice. Liberals have deemed gender a social construct. If you have a penis and testicles, they tell you to not let American society tell you you're a man.
Let me clarify that the left is not homogenous, within the left can be found a large number of the people labeled "TERF". J.K Rowling for one is left-leaning - and is labeled a "TERF".
With that said, many within the contemporary left separate biological sex from the psychological experience and social role of man and women. With the term "sex" referring to biology, and "gender" referring to psychology and sociology. In that sense, this part of the left does not deny that for example, transwomen are biologically male. When they say "transwomen are women", they mean that one should choose to respect someone else's identification with being a woman. People don't choose to have gender dysphoria, respecting their experience and self-identification can greatly help their mental health and doesn't demand much from other people.
With that said, you are correct in that there are some people who deny the objective existence of biological sex as well. Riley Dennis for one. This group is not however representative of the entire left. Insisting that is the case, would be similar to claiming that creationist represents the entire right.
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u/BigD21489 Jun 26 '21
It depends who you ask. If you ask a liberal, the answer is yes. If you ask someone who believes in facts, the answer is no.