Stories
Slash Boxes
Comments

SoylentNews is people

posted by Fnord666 on Tuesday October 10 2017, @06:16AM   Printer-friendly
from the ethics-committee dept.

Submitted via IRC for TheMightyBuzzard

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


Original Submission

 
This discussion has been archived. No new comments can be posted.
Display Options Threshold/Breakthrough Mark All as Read Mark All as Unread
The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. We are not responsible for them in any way.
  • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Tuesday October 10 2017, @06:55PM (1 child)

    by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Tuesday October 10 2017, @06:55PM (#579965) Journal

    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...
    Starting Score:    1  point
    Karma-Bonus Modifier   +1  

    Total Score:   2  
  • (Score: 1) by kurenai.tsubasa on Tuesday October 10 2017, @10:42PM

    by kurenai.tsubasa (5227) on Tuesday October 10 2017, @10:42PM (#580128) Journal

    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.

    Cut this bullshit out if you don't want your "Whaaa, whaaa, all feminists hate meeee~!" whining to become a self-fulfilling prophecy.

    Self-fulfilling prophecies don't generally start with the prophecy coming true and then leaving somebody to figure out just wtf happened.