The funny thing about social constructs is that they bring two distinct meanings of the (extremely problematic) term "objective" into direct conflict.
Specifically, the meaning of 'objective' that is "existing intrinsically, plainly detectable, clearly segmentable from its immediate environs, etc. etc." and the meaning of 'objective' that is "agreed upon by all members of a group, etc. etc."
What makes a social construct a construct is that it has no physical particulars, is not plainly detectable, cannot be clearly segmented away from its immediate environs (if it can even be said to have immediate environs), i.e. it is not an 'objectively existing entity', and in fact it's entire existence consists of the 'objective' agreement or objectively held belief that it exists.
So, that's what humans are like, if you were wondering why things are shit.
Humans are all about those 'objectively' non-existing 'objective' existences.
Ugh.
p.s. in case you were wondering, both those senses of 'objective' are pretty much bollocks.
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