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Bath Spa University is conducting an internal inquiry into claims that it turned down an application for research on gender reassignment reversal because it was "potentially politically incorrect" and would attract criticism on social media.
James Caspian, a psychotherapist who specialises in working with transgender people, proposed the research about "detransitioning" to the university in south-west England, which, he said, initially approved the application.
When he went back with his preliminary findings that suggested growing numbers of young people, particularly women, were regretting gender reassignment, Bath Spa said his proposal would have to be resubmitted to the ethics committee, which rejected it.
Caspian, who enrolled on an MA course at the university, said he was "astonished" by the decision and had sought legal advice.
"The fundamental reason given was that it might cause criticism of the research on social media, and criticism of the research would be criticism of the university. They also added it's better not to offend people," he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme on Monday.
I was going to add some snark here but they pretty well covered making a mockery of academia for me.
Source: The Guardian
Also at: The Times
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Tuesday October 10 2017, @06:55PM (1 child)
That is trans-exclusive radical feminism. Most feminists are not radicals, and even some of the radfems aren't TERFs. I am neither, and I'm also not a lesbian separatist.
How many fucking times are we going to have this discussion? You know better by now. Cut this bullshit out if you don't want your "Whaaa, whaaa, all feminists hate meeee~!" whining to become a self-fulfilling prophecy. You are one of the worst examples of MtF drama-queening I have ever seen and you're making the regressives' point for them.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 1) by kurenai.tsubasa on Tuesday October 10 2017, @10:42PM
I guess we're going to keep having it, because from over here, it looks like there's a group of trans-feminists who are arguing for inclusivity of trans identities in feminism, and there's a larger feminist movement that sees trans folks as an existential threat.
Self-fulfilling prophecies don't generally start with the prophecy coming true and then leaving somebody to figure out just wtf happened.