The newest battlefield in the campus gender wars
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CounterCurrent:
Men, Women, and Everything In Between
The newest battlefield in the campus gender wars
CounterCurrent is the National Association of Scholars’ weekly newsletter, bringing you the biggest issues in academia and our responses to them.
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Category: Gender; Reading Time: ~2 minutes
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** Featured Statement - "Against Transgenderism" by the National Association of Scholars ([link removed])
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Pride month ended weeks ago, but the pride party never stops. Why? Because the goal of those driven by radical gender ideology isn’t toleration or affirmation or even celebration—it’s complete capitulation. The battle lines have been drawn, and those who cling to such archaic concepts as “male” and “female” (not to mention “sex” or “basic biology”) are on the outs.
Many of the most avid proponents of gender ideology found their beginning in the academy, so it should come as no surprise that America’s colleges and universities are at the center of this crisis. Gender ideology has infiltrated every level of American higher education, from dorm rooms ([link removed]) to classrooms ([link removed]) and from Title IX offices ([link removed]) to faculty lounges ([link removed]) . Faculty and students who dissent from the new orthodoxy have no chance of escaping the debate; their only options are to state their position and accept
the consequences or to lay low and wait for someone else to “out” them for their “oppressive” views.
It’s not just about pronouns and rainbow flags. The top-down imposition of gender ideology has led to the erosion of knowledge and the redirection of every classroom discussion toward questions of identity and subjective experience. Nearly every academic discipline has become corrupted by the forces of this ideology, which refuses to recognize basic distinctions between male and female and rejects any argument that questions its dogma.
In October 2021, the National Association of Scholars took a stand and issued a formal statement ([link removed]) opposing gender ideology in American higher education. But in the ten months since that statement was published, the crisis has grown even more severe, and the debate has become more pointed. That’s why, last week, NAS published a new statement ([link removed]) that narrows in on a specific battlefield of the campus gender wars: transgender ideology.
Although a subset of gender ideology, transgender ideology poses a distinct and growing threat to every aspect of our education system. NAS’s new statement outlines the illogic of transgenderism and emphasizes the need for truth even in the face of extreme social and institutional pressure:
To oppose the transgender ideology these days is to risk various forms of ostracism such as exclusion from some social media sites, verbal attacks by student activists, and punishment from institutional authorities, already eager to police ideological transgressions. NAS is relatively immune to these forms of ostracism—though perhaps not entirely. We announce our opposition to transgender ideology first to open wider the “Overton window” of views that can be expressed in American society, and second to support the many faculty members and students who endure this ideological abuse despite their objections to it. They see no recourse. But there is recourse. Standing up for the truth is sometimes not easy, but it becomes easier when you know that others are with you.
The faculty and students pushing back against this totalizing force on their campuses are on the frontlines of a critical battle over the future of higher education. Their commitment to truth in the face of relentless persecution should be applauded.
Until next week.
Marina Ziemnick
Communications Associate
National Association of Scholars
P. S. The California Association of Scholars is encouraging any NAS members who are affiliated with the California State University (CSU) system to sign an open letter ([link removed]) defending and reaffirming academic freedom on campus. The letter, which already has over 100 signatures, expresses concerns about “the erosion of academic freedom and the rise of ideological orthodoxy both inside and outside the CSU system.” If you are not affiliated with CSU yourself, please consider spreading the word ([link removed]) to any of your friends or colleagues who are connected to the CSU system!
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For more on the campus gender wars:
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June 24, 2022
** Biden’s Proposed Title IX Rule Guts Campus Due Process and Imposes Gender Ideology ([link removed])
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National Association of Scholars
The proposed rule removes requirements for live hearings and cross examination and redefines “sex” to include sexual orientation.
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October 05, 2021
** NAS Statement on Gender Ideology in Higher Education ([link removed])
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National Association of Scholars
The National Association of Scholars opposes the proliferation of gender ideology in American higher education.
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October 05, 2021
** Taking a Stand Against Academia’s Gender-Mania ([link removed])
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David Acevedo
American colleges and universities must reverse course on their embrace of gender ideology—too much is at stake.
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May 27, 2021
** Oklahoma Universities Are Teaching Students to Lie ([link removed])
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David Randall
Regents should never hire as a university president anyone who does not publicly condemn the lies of “gender expression” and affirm the basic truth that men and women exist.
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