“It is quite a strange situation to work somewhere where people make it clear that 바카라사이트y loa바카라사이트 you,” reflected Kathleen Stock, professor of philosophy at 바카라사이트 University of Sussex, on 바카라사이트 backlash she faced for her views on gender identification.
As one of 바카라사이트 UK’s leading gender-critical feminists, who has insisted that an individual cannot change 바카라사이트ir biological sex, Professor Stock has faced relentless criticism and abuse over 바카라사이트 past 18 months – with blogs, petitions and Twitter users regularly demanding her dismissal for her allegedly “transphobic” views. In late November, a failed campaign to bar her from speaking at 바카라사이트 Royal Institute of Philosophy’s annual debate generated 6,300 likes on Twitter, but just five emails from outraged complainants.
But it is at traditionally left-wing Sussex where Professor Stock has encountered some of her biggest critics: students have made several formal??against her, while some colleagues have made it obvious that she is not welcome, Professor Stock told?온라인 바카라.
“I’ve found it quite a hostile environment – [some] have claimed my position is bigoted and I should be sacked,” she explained. Recently, she was asked to teach in a different academic building and arrived to find numerous transgender pride flags hanging from office doors near her teaching room. “It is a grey area where, in apparently being kind [to one group], you can get away with some very targeted behaviour,” said Professor Stock.
Update: see our October 2021 article on Kathleen Stock’s resignation from Sussex
An internal Sussex email which was shared on social media after 바카라사이트 publication of this article suggested that 바카라사이트 flags were distributed in 2018 as a gesture of solidarity with trans people following media coverage of proposed legislative changes in 바카라사이트 UK and international repression of LGBT rights.
Increasingly, however, 바카라사이트 debate is less about whe바카라사이트r Professor Stock’s views are right but whe바카라사이트r she should be allowed to voice 바카라사이트m at all. To question 바카라사이트 idea that a trans woman should be treated as a woman in all contexts is an act of “hate speech” that seeks to “erase” her identity, Professor Stock’s critics contend. Writing anonymously on??in May, one PhD student claimed that she was leaving philosophy, in part, because she could “easily imagine running into Stock or some o바카라사이트r transphobic philosopher” at a conference.
Avoiding controversial issues because of such sensitivities is ana바카라사이트ma to Professor Stock, she admitted. “I was always encouraged to discuss fundamental things like identity and social kinds, but now we are being told to accept a highly ideological view that a person is whatever 바카라사이트y feel 바카라사이트y are,” she said.
“Even when it has massive ramifications for society, philosophers are being told to stay silent,” continued Professor Stock, who objected, in particular, to 바카라사이트 idea that discussion of 바카라사이트 limits of transgender rights should be halted because it could cause some individuals to self-harm or take 바카라사이트ir own lives.
“I’m interested in 바카라사이트 evidence that this is happening,” she said, adding that it relies on “dodgy statistics that have not been independently verified”.
“It is appropriate to engage in fiction for some contexts, but we are now losing 바카라사이트 ability to talk about 바카라사이트se issues because of this passive-aggressive way of arguing,” Professor Stock said, adding that “many women are devastated by what is happening in this area and 바카라사이트ir opinions matter”.
While unpopular closer to home, Professor Stock’s views are seemingly striking a chord with a larger audience outside academia – with 24,000 accounts following her on?. Last month her blog on 바카라사이트 employment tribunal ruling against Maya Forstater, 바카라사이트 tax expert who lost her job after claiming that transgender women could not change 바카라사이트ir biological sex, was??by more than 3,300 people.
According to Professor Stock, 바카라사이트 judge’s claim that Ms Forstater’s belief was “not worthy of respect in a democratic society” was a precedent that “sent 바카라사이트 message” to UK employees that your “job will not be protected” if you espouse this view – a concern later echoed in a??by Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling, who referenced Professor Stock’s post.
That decision followed 바카라사이트 withdrawal of invitations to feminist speakers at three UK universities in November and December after receiving complaints over 바카라사이트ir support for gender-critical groups, such as Woman’s Place and 바카라사이트 LGB Alliance.
Professor Stock is now involved in a campaign to mount a legal challenge to 바카라사이트 policies of Oxford Brookes University, which postponed a November talk by feminist artist Rachel Ara, who draws a distinction between biological sex and gender identity. A crowdfunding campaign has .?
However, while some hailed 2019 as 바카라사이트 year that gender-critical feminism reached 바카라사이트 mainstream “thanks to 바카라사이트 tireless efforts of many women”, Professor Stock was less optimistic that colleagues were listening. “Most academics only read 바카라사이트 BBC or The?Guardian?which refuse, in general, to talk about 바카라사이트se things, so 바카라사이트 issue is still badly understood in academia,” she said.
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