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University 'Turned Down Politically Incorrect Transgender Research'

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

MrPlow writes:

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

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• Re:A Normie Question Re:A Normie Question (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 11 2017, @06:34AM (1 child)

  by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 11 2017, @06:34AM (#580318)

  I've not read the PDF but there is no so thing as "transgender", there are 2 human genders denoted by the presence of a (male) Y chromosome. I also reject the idea of transsexual children. [soylentnews.org] There was never a problem with intersex or transsexual individuals before the SJW crowd started crying victim on their behalf.

  Listen, you total waste of protoplasm! I will fix your statement for you, for True Justice!

  I've not read the PDF but there is was no so such thing as a SJW before the alt-right started crying victimhood on own their behalf.

  There, FTFY. No run along and get your gender fixed to match your biological sex. I recommend a very large 4X4 Pick-em-up Truck. Maybe with some Truck Nutz on the tow-hitch, so that at least one of you can have some balls.

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• Re:A Normie Question (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 11 2017, @10:37PM

  by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 11 2017, @10:37PM (#580830)

  Listen, you total waste of protoplasm! I will fix your statement for you, for True Justice!

  Thank you for proving my point with your social constructivist SJW fantasies. I'm left wing, forgive me for pointing out that people with excessive piercings, tattoos and died hair who dress as the opposite gender may have issues. Not like I've hung around with people exactly like this or have enough experience to justify exactly why, as a parent, it's my duty to keep such people away from my young children.

  I'm not singling anyone out, there's plenty of people who dress in suits that I'd keep my children away from too. Am I somehow oppressing successful business people?

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