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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 11 2017, @12:25PM
Where did I say that? Of course they are different. If they weren't, there would be no desire for some to take their junk to the local butcher.
Huh? Non-sequitor. And there are a lot of people who believe that to be true anyway.
Since there is a high mortality from untreated breast cancer, that can be objectively shown to be untrue. And again, non-sequitor.
So are you saying that there is evidence that women on birth control are mentally ill? And I fail to see what that has to do with anyone radically mutilating their sex organs with surgery. We were discussing limiting those surgeries on mental illness grounds without making a judgment to the validity of that premise. You are all over the map.
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