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THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK:
Discourses like that of Kathleen Stock 'reinforce the patriarchal status quo'. Au contraire - transwomen who imitate the worst stereotypes of the social role 'woman' reinforce the patriarchy - they have imbibed too much of it. https://sites.google.com/view/trans-phil-letter/
Discourses like that of Kathleen Stock 'reinforce the patriarchal status quo'. Au contraire - transwomen who imitate the worst stereotypes of the social role 'woman' reinforce the patriarchy - they have imbibed too much of it. https://sites.google.com/view/trans-phil-letter/
"Conflating concern about the harms of Stock’s work with threats to academic freedom obfuscates important issues." No. Like many others, Ichikawa conflates disagreement about gender ideology with transphobia and with harm to trans people.
Disagreement doesn't cause harm. But employing a transwomen in a rape crisis centre will continue to traumatise victims of sexual violence. And why would anyone - employer or employee - with real concern for women think that this is a good idea? All in the name of inclusion.
How is Kathleen Stock's discourse restricting 'trans people’s access to life-saving medical treatments'?
Trans activists claim that being trans is not an illness. Why the treatment and why is it 'life-saving'? UK law permits a change of gender - KS is not standing in their way.
Trans activists claim that being trans is not an illness. Why the treatment and why is it 'life-saving'? UK law permits a change of gender - KS is not standing in their way.
Apparently, the British government mistakes 'transphobic fearmongering for valuable scholarship'. It's the other way round, Ichikawa mistakes valuable scholarship for transphobic fearmongering.
Ichikawa claims that 'prominent members of our profession [are] using their academic status to further gender oppression.' More mis-representation, which is shocking when it is coming from philosophers, who are trained to recognise such fallacies.
KS is doing her academic work. The title 'Professor' comes from the Latin: to publicly declare your views. That is the job of a Professor (and public intellectual). Particularly when academia is firmly in the grip of transgender ideology - and any deviations lead to vilification.
We, as philosopher should always be civil, but reading this letter, I will permit myself to deviate: the term 'pompous ass' comes to mind. And I claim Isaiah Berlin as my 'spiritus rector'.
@Docstockk
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The letter now includes an erratum, admitting that they misrepresented Kathleen Stock’s position on the UK Gender Recognition Act. What does this tell us about those who wrote the letter and about those who signed the letter? https://sites.google.com/view/trans-phil-letter/
