Ah yes, women=pollution. Beware beware, bring plenty of bleach to throw in their faces.
In light of recent debates surrounding freedom of expression, trans inclusion, and ‘gender critical’ debates on university campuses, lawyers and academics at Garden Court Chambers and the University of Essex have prepared a new report: ‘Universities’ Legal Obligations in the Context of Trans Inclusion, Trans Equality, and ‘Gender Critical’ Activities on Campus’.
Already the asymmetry is apparent. Scare quotes on gender critical but no scare quotes on trans inclusion. Obligation in the context of trans inclusion and trans equality but nothing about female inclusion and female equality. Trans people matter; women are worthless at best, a demonic enemy at worst.
The report provides an accessible overview of how the law treats disputes on the limits of freedom of expression in a University, focusing in particular on issues relating to freedom of speech disputes in regards to trans inclusion, trans equality and ‘gender critical’ speech.
But what about issues relating to freedom of speech disputes in regards to inclusion of women, women’s equality, women’s speech?
Shut up. Nobody cares about that.
David Renton, a barrister at Garden Court Chambers, and the report’s lead author notes that, “Many university administrators are fearful of disputes spinning out of control, but actually their legal duties are straightforward. They must promote freedom of expression but not to the point where it becomes an excuse for the harassment of trans staff and students.”
Trans staff and students only. The harassment of female staff and students is fine.
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9 responses to “Contamination”
Next they’ll be saying that if women cross a stream while on their periods, the stream will be ‘unclean’.
We don’t want to harm religious feelings, you see.
What every woman clearly needs is a sandwich board proclaiming UNCLEAN.! UNCLEAN.! Plus a bell to ring in case they have yelled theirself hoarse proclaiming that to all and sundry. As in the manner of biblical lepers.
He’ll be recommending period huts next.
“…They must promote freedom of expression but not to the point where it becomes an excuse for the harassment of trans staff and students.”
What’s the bet mere disagreement with TWAW is considered harassment.
So basically, cooties are real, and we’re shedding them everywhere we go, infecting “normal” people.
I’m reasonably certain that the contamination referred to here is not biological but rather ideological. As in, “This symbol was used by Nazis and is now contaminated.” That’d be consistent with the way “social justice” criticism works. Whatever has been used in conjunction with anything problematic retains an imprint or taint, which renders that thing itself problematic. It’s sympathetic magic with words.
Yes, the claim in the report is about ideological and thus emotional contamination. It will be ooky for people using the space in the future to know that it had hosted such ooky people with ooky ideas. That’s not a bonkers claim in itself, I think. I wouldn’t much want to hang out in a repurposed Nazi conference room or similar. I’d know there was no literal physical harm in it but I still wouldn’t like it. In a similar vein I would shy away from Donald Trump as if he were a festering corpse, even though by all reports he’s a fanatic about cleanliness.
But on the other hand women really are seen as a pollutant in some religions and so on.
So it’s tricky.
Yeah, there’s always the possibility that it stems from old fashioned misogyny, or that some of the people involved think women are unclean, or that receptivity to the idea is grounded even subconsciously in rank sexism. When one says something that echoes the form of women’s oppression, it’s healthy to pause and double check one’s reasoning. Same goes for similarities to any objectionable thing.
Of course, that would require a kind of intellectual integrity in short supply among the trans mob.