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> Why should a university professor be cancelled because after his research he says he has evidence that sex is a biological construct and not a social one? Th
by Pfhreak 6y ago
> Why should a university professor be cancelled because after his research he says he has evidence that sex is a biological construct and not a social one?
This isn't what happened. It's one thing to author papers and submit them for peer review, it's another to do this:
> I also eventually co-authored another Quillette essay, with endocrinologist Dr. William Malone and author Julia Robertson, titled No One Is Born in ‘The Wrong Body’.
Viewpoints like this are dismissive of trans and gender noncomforming people, and they put minority people in the position of having to constantly advocate for the fact that they do, in fact, exist. He goes on to describe several other instances where he calls, for example, gender dysphoria in Sweden "social contagion".
This person is widely, and publicly outspoken about their beliefs in op eds, and people are disagreeing with his op eds . This isn't a case of "I published some academic papers and people didn't like that", it's "I entered the arena of public opinion with my own editorials that specifically targeted trans and gender nonconforming people and people didn't like that."
- mieses 6y agoIsn't there clear cut evidence that gender dysphoria is socially contagious, particularly among children?
- Darmody 6y agoI wasn't talking about any particular case, it was just an example...and it happens. Not only with teachers but with anyone who might have an opinion that the mob doesn't agree with.