Thread by @realscientists

My focus is more so on measuring a non-changeable aspect of individuals. Education can be exchanged for another outcome and it would be the same issue. I just used education as an example

https://twitter.com/mathematichole_/status/1339919379270656002

This is more so a critique of what we are trying to intervene on when conducting research. Especially in health research where interventions/treatments/policies are frequent

Say we were to look at the impact of gender on depression rates

Are we really studying gender or are we studying sexism?

While socially constructed, we cannot change someone’s gender with an intervention or treatment

Also, the person’s identity isn’t the problem. It’s our society’s response to these identities that must be changed

We can change a populations overall education level with more access to education and more quality education

We can implement policies to better treat depression

But, going back to fundamental causes, racism is essentially what needs to be treated. Sexism is what needs to be treated. Social stratification is the issue

I hope I understood your question