As the Basis of Prejudice or Bias, Not Race But Sex (Gender) Is Salient and in the ‘Wrong’ Direction—Critical Social Justice Theory <i>Identity Politics</i> Is Debunked

There is no empirical support for and instead profound evidence against the core tenets of Critical Social Justice Theory identity politics. Review of a number of very recent comprehensive studies of negative attitudes shows race is barely salient as its basis, and whereas by contrast sex (gender) is highly salient it is in entirely the opposite direction to that presumed: anti-male and pro-female, not pro-male or anti-female. This is congruent with earlier research and the closely related investigations of homophily, and attested by majority male victimhood across hate crime domains. There is deep biological theoretical foundation to these findings in reproductive imperatives, with anti-male bias mediated by male hierarchy, leaving now hegemonic ideology absent theoretical cogency as well as counter-evidenced.