I saw this thread today about the changing culture of universities where language around gender and sex is so tightly policed that it becomes almost impossible to talk about the reality of women’s lives. It’s really worrying that universities have become places where students are taught that women are an oppressor class who mustn’t be talked about and that the move to treating students as consumers of education has given them the power to demand academics be fired or silenced. The website these are taken from is here: https://www.gcacademianetwork.org/ #

I can see this in action currently- my degree is basically lessons in woke speak. So much time and resources wasted on the issue when there are many other issues that need time and attention. It’s maddening. I despair with what we are teaching our youngest- I thought university was supposed to encourage critical thinking.

Is it that whole furry community - ComicCon anime - nerdy world? Superwoke people seem to live their lives around the internet. They only see the world in black and white because they block everyone who disagrees with them and they have very few real-world friendships.

Virus? I have no problem with what adults do in their bedrooms as long as it is truly consensual and nobody is hurt. However now that things are so public with the internet ,bad actors have infiltrated groups that were relatively harmless because they like the attention and to stalk victims.

Gawd, there’s some youngin on mumsnet trying to put the oldies in their place 😅 she’ll be an old woman condescended down to before she knows it… its the sad cycle of a woman’s life.

This is a really interesting article about how there is some activism developing in this area aiming to break the ‘spirals of silence’. Points out that it’s a very isolating experience to be cancelled but by dissenters speaking out the courage can be gained to speak up. https://www.persuasion.community/p/fighting-back-at-last

Exclusion from the social group is such a powerful means of control.

Academic freedom under threat

LadySybilVimes

I saw this thread today about the changing culture of universities where language around gender and ...