1/ Sex spectrum pseudoscience is being presented as fact by a Texas Democrat in a hearing on trans athletes. He makes the absurd claim that there are 6 (!) biological sexes.
These ideas were embarrassing when they were relegated to Tumblr. Now they're in government proceedings.
2/ The claim that there are 6 sexes is based on the flawed notion that people with variations of sex chromosomes beyond XX & XY are their own unique additional sexes. This demonstrates a very poor understanding of biology.
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I always learned a lot more from my professors who were demanding of their students and didn't give out easy A's. Professors who actually tested your knowledge and mastery of the material instead of your ability to memorize.
I feel that most of my undergraduate professors were pretty rigorous. But in graduate school I was pretty shocked to observe how many graduate student TAs and even professors would give out A's to nearly every student.
The TAs were surprised to learn that I gave out a good amount of B's and some C's, and were absolutely stunned when I revealed that I once gave a student a D+ in a forest ecology lab I taught. Honestly, that student probably deserved an F.
1/ 🚨 BREAKING: Democracy Prep Public School concedes emergency injunctive relief to @GabsClark5's son William Clark for Critical Race Theory "graded identity confession and labeling exercises."
This is a big early win, but it is only the beginning. More granular details below.
2/ The Clark family made 5 original demands:
1. Expunge William's failing "Sociology of Change" grade.
2. Permit William to enroll in an alternative course.
3. Have the Principal personally deliver the updated report card to William.
Continued...
3/ 4. Enjoin and restrain Defendants and their affiliates and agents from conducting “graded identity confession and labeling exercises.”
The Canadian government is funding these online educational material for children. That first paragraph is absolutely barking mad. teentalk.ca/learn-about/ge….
"Gender identity is how a person feels and who they know them self to be when it comes to their gender." 🤨
I also love how, on a site ostensibly for information on gender, sexuality, and sexual health, they chose to include "(de)Colonization" and "Diversity and Discrimination."
I'm publishing a full refutation of this ridiculous piece on my Substack tomorrow. Dr. Vilain is often touted by TRAs as the foremost expert on this topic, but his arguments are shockingly bad.
It's going to be a free post because I want to reach as many people as possible. I want to defeat this ideology, and paywalls won't help in that regard.
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Scientific American once again beclowns itself by publishing pseudoscientific nonsense denying sex differences in sports, and appropriates intersex people to argue that non-intersex male athletes should be allowed to compete as females. scientificamerican.com/article/trans-…
The article claims that "there is no scientific case for excluding them." I would just like to point you to a 2021 review paper in Sports Medicine that makes the scientific case in intimate detail. Surely the authors must know of its existence.
As I've said before, I view defending not just sex diffs but the reality of biological sex itself as reality's last stand. If/when the levee completely breaks on this issue, then we've lost our collective tether to reality and all the dominoes fall.
1/ 🚨 ALERT: Plaintiffs Gabriella & William Clark reply to Democracy Prep Public School (DPAC) on abusive Critical Race Theory program.
"A school cannot, under the guise of 'curriculum,' invade its students’ consciences and require them to affirm beliefs they find repugnant."
2/ DPAC denies that W. Clark was compelled to say anything or profess any particular belief.
Plaintiffs reply that the required, graded assignments were a form of compelled speech.
"Speech is compelled if a speaker will 'suffer a penalty' for declining to speak."
3/ DPAC insisted speech was not compelled because W. Clark was not required to "publicly" affirm his identities.
Plaintiffs: Not true, because W. Clark was required to enter the statements on Google documents accessible by his teacher, principal, and other employees.