Yes, in extreme cases it is true. However, it is precisely those extreme cases that must be about something more important than just status. Merely status-challenging language does not dehumanize. E.g. status-challenging: “X are bad at math”, dehumanizing: “X are murderous animals without conscience”. I don’t think merely status could be a motivation for the later—economics is IMHO more likely.
Yes. This is a bad thing. This is also not dehumanization nor a gateway for worse aggression. This is something someone would do who would expect to compete with his own daughter in math-related status.
Yes, in extreme cases it is true. However, it is precisely those extreme cases that must be about something more important than just status. Merely status-challenging language does not dehumanize. E.g. status-challenging: “X are bad at math”, dehumanizing: “X are murderous animals without conscience”. I don’t think merely status could be a motivation for the later—economics is IMHO more likely.
If you teach your little daughter that women are bad at math, a dozen branches of her possible futures tree are cut off.
Yes. This is a bad thing. This is also not dehumanization nor a gateway for worse aggression. This is something someone would do who would expect to compete with his own daughter in math-related status.
I’m no longer sure we’re talking about the same species here.