UK universities have failed to protect gender-critical academics, report finds
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Report’s author raises ‘stark concerns about barriers to academic freedom’

UK universities have failed to protect gender-critical academics from bullying and career-threatening restrictions on their research

Researchers investigating vital issues have been subjected to sustained campaigns of intimidation simply for acknowledging the biological and social importance of sex.

My favourite tidbit however is this:

The latest report’s call for evidence received 140 responses, the majority from people agreeing with gender-critical views – defined as a belief that biological sex is unchanging and should not be conflated with gender.

It’s the “gender-critical” fucks that conflate sex with gender! That’s the whole point, they claim gender and sex is the same thing so you can’t change your gender cause you can’t change your chomosomes, etc.

It’s so incredibly dishonest to read “biological sex is unchanging and should not be conflated with gender” as support for gender critical views, I’m honestly speechless.

(Edit) I think what it really does is retconning the recent court ruling, as if it was always obvious that legal protections for women only apply to people who menstruate, and if trans women thought those protections apply to them it’s because they thought they can menstruate. It’s retrospectively saying, “it was never even debated whether those laws should consider sex or gender, it was always clear those laws are about biological sex and people who thought otherwise were conflating sex with gender”.

  • Red_Scare [he/him]OP
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    7 months ago

    I’m quite… uh… there’s must be a term in English.

    “Liberal”

    I’m too skeptical of ideas, to the point of knowing what the parties say, but not taking a stance.

    In 300 years, people might look at us like we look at the “rationalists vs empiricists” debate or something like that. Just primitive frameworks

    We live so shortly, we know so little… I guess that’s where I’m coming. Like I’m not taking a firm stance on the theoretical because I honestly believe we are in a very difficult position, with little knowledge and little possibility of action.

    So cool, so detached, and yet so wise.

    I believe that there’s like a theoretical field that should be open to speculation and investigation

    I believe GC people should respect pronouns and stuff because that’s just being respectful. It’s no different to someone asking a change in nicknames (…) And not in a patronizing way

    And I would expect the same from other sides

    I understand the frustration that the trans community must feel (towards) GC. And probably GC feel the same

    At the end of the day, we do not have the final answer, so trying to get solutions that serve us all should be our aim.

    I don’t have it in me to comment beside: free marketplace of ideas, enlightened centrism, tone policing, both sideism.

    Calling for GC people to treat trans identities like nicknames but not in a patronising way takes the cake.

    And I do not see a problem in questioning these things because I do not think these questions should translate to how we treat people.

    That’s great for you! Of course these questions do translate to how trans people are treated but you don’t think they should so that’s ok.

    In this case, I believe gender-based rights and words can exist alongside sex-based rights and different opinions. The major obstacle is not ideological but monetary, material. How can we have an AFAB-only club and a women-only club at the same time if capitalism is making it difficult to have even a single club?

    Yeah the condition of trans people in the UK is totally caused by scarcity. Damn you capitalism, if not for you we’d have clubs for everyone! Unfortunately, under capitalism we barely have enough for cis people so… Sorry trans folks.

    In Spanish people from all sides would call me «tibia» (warm, not quite cold and not quite warm). It’s an insult.

    I should hope so

    As for the GC points, I do not know if I’m the correct person to try to explain it further, but I’ll try in another comment.

    No I’m fine, thanks.