A backlash against gender ideology is starting in universities
One thing I find quite odd is how the study of gender emerged out of an approach that demanded a critical understanding of <i>assumptions</i> and the things society insist upon (that there are only 2 genders, that gender is essentially related to biological sex rather than something that is manifest in social behaviour, ect.) and yet that view has twisted into a sort of all or nothing view that is extremely antagonistic to critical inquiry. The tendency for a number of trans activists and talking points to revert back to a kind of gender essentialism; the logical inconsistencies in the idea that one identifies a <i>private</i> gender identity, rather than a personal desire to transition or live as another gender; the insistence that a trans person has special insight into the concept of gender --- raise up any of these points and you bear the risk of being labelled a &quot;transphobe&quot; even though you are entirely committed to the protection of a trans persons rights and dignity.<p>A small, extremely vocal minority insists that anyone that voices the slightest hesitation in accommodating trans people into gender&#x2F;sex segregated social functions <i>must</i> be a transphobe or be complicit in the violence against trans people. It makes the entire conversation exhausting.