Not sacred truth

For humanity: Social constructs are meant to serve the people, not the other way around. — 123rf

IN OUR country today, the phrase “social construct” is often used rather casually, particularly in discussions about ethnicity, identity and social relations. Many speak about it with great confidence, yet few pause to ask what the term actually means.

Worse still, some with political or ideological agendas deliberately distort its meaning - treating social constructs as if they were divine truths carved in stone, immune from reflection, reform, or evolution.