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Harvard Tells Students: ‘Using Wrong Pronouns’ Constitutes ‘Abuse’
Washington Free Beacon ^ | September 14, 2022 | Abigail Anthony

Posted on 09/15/2022 9:26:00 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo

Mandatory Title IX training tells Harvard undergrads they may be subject to disciplinary proceedings for 'sizeism,' 'fatphobia,' 'cisheterosexism,' 'ableism'.

Welcome to Harvard!

"Fatphobia" and "cisheterosexism" perpetuate "violence." "Using the wrong pronouns" constitutes "abuse." And "any words used to lower a person’s self-worth" are "Verbal Abuse." Those are just a handful of the things the school told all undergraduate students in a mandatory Title IX training session, according to materials reviewed by the Washington Free Beacon.

The online training, which all undergraduates were required to complete in order to enroll in courses, includes a "Power and Control Wheel" to help students identify "harmful" conduct. Outside the wheel are attitudes that "contribute to an environment that perpetuates violence," a voiceover from the training states, including "sizeism and fatphobia," "cisheterosexism," "racism," "transphobia," "ageism," and "ableism."

Inside the wheel are behaviors that the school says constitute "abuse" and could violate its Title IX policies. "We all have an essential role to play in creating a community that cultivates gender equity and inclusion," Harvard College dean Rakesh Khurana told students in a video introducing the training. "Completing this course is a critical step in establishing a shared understanding of the values here at Harvard College."

Harvard launched the training in 2016, according to the Harvard Crimson, and announced in 2018 that completing the training was a prerequisite for course enrollment. The school is vague on the repercussions for violations of its sprawling interpretation of Title IX, a federal law that prohibits discrimination based on sex, stating that violations "may" result in "termination, dismissal, expulsion" or "revocation of tenure."

A spokesman for Harvard's Office for Gender Equity, which conducts the Title IX training, did not respond to a request for comment. Harvard did not respond to a request for comment.

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1 posted on 09/15/2022 9:26:00 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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“Harvard Tells Students: ‘Using Wrong Pronouns’ Constitutes ‘Abuse’”

That is true, but in exactly the opposite way from their intent. It is abusive to lie to people and encourage them to cultivate lies about themselves.


2 posted on 09/15/2022 9:27:58 AM PDT by EnderWiggin1970
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To: Mr. Mojo

Fine then, my pronouns are Zyxjdkenf and idhsuek. Misuse or mispronounce them at your own peril.


3 posted on 09/15/2022 9:28:15 AM PDT by IYAS9YAS (There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
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H E L P
4 posted on 09/15/2022 9:28:47 AM PDT by deport
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To: Mr. Mojo

My pronoun is MAGA

What would Harvard say about that?


5 posted on 09/15/2022 9:28:57 AM PDT by Tai_Chung
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To: Mr. Mojo

Harvard is the abuser - forcing people to use incorrect pronouns is abuse.


6 posted on 09/15/2022 9:29:18 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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This is the best university our country has to offer?

Stick a fork in it, it’s done.


7 posted on 09/15/2022 9:29:44 AM PDT by packagingguy
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H E L P
8 posted on 09/15/2022 9:30:17 AM PDT by deport
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To: Mr. Mojo

For any leftist asking me what my pronouns are, it’s “fu.k” and “you”.


9 posted on 09/15/2022 9:30:38 AM PDT by Signalman
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It’s obvious where this is going. Making it a crime to use the wrong pronouns. Oh, they won’t put that in the law. No. They will just make it a crime to harass or aggress anyone who is a member of a protected group.

Then “law enforcement” will interpret the law broadly, so that not using a pronoun will get you arrested and thrown in jail.

Thus they will have destroyed the part in the Constitution that talks about “free speech” or some such thing that we once had in this once-great country.


10 posted on 09/15/2022 9:31:31 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Biden has gone full nazi. No surprise. He told us on Sept 1, during his 20 minute hate speech.)
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I identify as “NP-PUP”

A “non preferred pronoun using person”

I just feel inside that a man is a man and a woman is a woman and I just can’t use made up pronouns.

I have identified this way since I was very young and now that I finally have the courage to “come out” as a NP-PUP I am experiencing NP-PUPaphobia at my university.

Why do I have to deny what I feel is true inside me? Why can I not express my identity? Stop the H8! Stop the NP-PUPaphobes!


11 posted on 09/15/2022 9:32:36 AM PDT by Pxzftrnqfrn
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Yawn...dont have time for these crybabies


12 posted on 09/15/2022 9:33:02 AM PDT by Jonny7797
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I would rather be governed by the first 2,000 people in the telephone directory than by the Harvard University faculty.

William F. Buckley, Jr.

13 posted on 09/15/2022 9:33:17 AM PDT by mewzilla (We need to repeal RCV wherever it's in use and go back to dumb voting machines.)
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To: IYAS9YAS

"Anyone who uses the wrong pronouns....and I'll kill you!"

14 posted on 09/15/2022 9:33:17 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Harvard has become a laughing stock. Nobody in their right mind would pay tens of thousands of dollars to send their kid there.


15 posted on 09/15/2022 9:33:30 AM PDT by beethovenfan (The REAL Great Reset will be when Jesus returns. )
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To: Mr. Mojo

Colleges have become LGBTQ+ dictatorships, and society as a whole is becoming that way.


16 posted on 09/15/2022 9:34:06 AM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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Harvard hired Mr. Potatohead from CNN, what more do you need to know?


17 posted on 09/15/2022 9:35:27 AM PDT by bigbob (z)
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To: dfwgator
"Anyone who uses the wrong pronouns....and I'll kill you!"

Lighten up, uh... Francis?!?

18 posted on 09/15/2022 9:36:10 AM PDT by IYAS9YAS (There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
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To: IYAS9YAS

You just made the List!


19 posted on 09/15/2022 9:36:28 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Harvard is really preparing its students well for a life in the real world, where nobody will give a good damn if their wittle feewings are hurt.


20 posted on 09/15/2022 9:37:18 AM PDT by Boogieman
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