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Harvard lecturer blasted by colleague for defending existence of biological sex
New York Post ^ | July 31, 2021 | Jon Levine

Posted on 07/31/2021 12:54:27 PM PDT by karpov

Harvard lecturer Carole Hooven took heat from her own colleague after an appearance on Fox News this week in which she asserted that biological sex is real and defended the continued use of terms like ‘pregnant women’ and “male and female.”

“The ideology seems to be that biology really isn’t as important as how somebody feels about themselves, or feels their sex to be,” Hooven told “Fox & Friends” Wednesday. “The facts are that there are in fact two sexes — there are male and female — and those sexes are designated by the kind of gametes we produce.”

Hooven, the author of a book about testosterone, teaches Human Evolutionary Biology at the school and appeared in a segment dedicated to discussing how medical schools had gone woke.

The whole thing didn’t sit well with Laura Simone Lewis, the Director of the Diversity and Inclusion Task Force at Harvard’s Department of Human Evolutionary Biology.

Lewis, who identifies on Twitter as a “Blewish feminist mermaid,” called Hooven’s defense of science “dangerous.”

“I am appalled and frustrated by the transphobic and harmful remarks made by a member of my dept in this interview with Fox and Friends,” she wrote.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: harvard; transgender; xyxx
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Harvard and other schools should get rid of positions such as "Director of the Diversity and Inclusion Task Force" and use the savings to cut tuition. A side benefit is that actual scientists will not waste time engaging with diversity twits.
1 posted on 07/31/2021 12:54:27 PM PDT by karpov
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To: karpov

Believe the science, except here.


2 posted on 07/31/2021 12:57:19 PM PDT by Old Yeller (Republican politicans love being in office, Democrat politicians love being in power.)
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Lewis identifies as a “Blewish feminist mermaid”


3 posted on 07/31/2021 12:59:16 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: karpov

Science suddenly doesn’t matter. Shove that science right at these idiots at every turn.

XX, XY, beeyotches.


4 posted on 07/31/2021 12:59:37 PM PDT by SaxxonWoods ( comment might be sarcasm, or not. It depends. Often I'm not sure either.)
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To: karpov
Bad Headline!

Should be:

"Colleague embarrasses themself in failure to understand basic biology."

5 posted on 07/31/2021 12:59:43 PM PDT by G Larry (Force the Universities to use their TAX FREE ENDOWMENTS to pay off Student loan debt!!!)
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To: karpov

I’m just waiting for the day where someone demands I call someone “They or Them” or “Zhe”...”How about F you? Does that work?”


6 posted on 07/31/2021 12:59:49 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary Clinton remains free equal justice under the law will never exist in the USA)
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To: Old Yeller

7 posted on 07/31/2021 1:01:19 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

8 posted on 07/31/2021 1:02:55 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: karpov

Called to schedule a med test yesterday. During registration, the technician asked “what sex do you identify as”. I said the one that points. She laughed.

Seriously, I note our colleges graduate far less STEM grads than say China. Of course, we lead the world in graduating what I call the parasite degrees i.e.gender studies and equity/inclusion styled degrees. Sad. Worse, this is not going to end well.


9 posted on 07/31/2021 1:08:59 PM PDT by Mouton (The enemy of the people is the media.)
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To: karpov

The whole thing didn’t sit well with Laura Simone Lewis, the Director of the Diversity and Inclusion Task Force at Harvard’s Department of Human Evolutionary Biology.


So, this lunacy now has a name: Laura Simone Lewis. considering her position, she is without excuse.


10 posted on 07/31/2021 1:11:05 PM PDT by cuban leaf (We killed our economy and damaged our culture. In 2021 we will pine for the salad days of 2020.)
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To: karpov

And all fetus’ start out as female.


11 posted on 07/31/2021 1:16:21 PM PDT by SkyDancer (I Identify As Vaccinated)
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“Blewish feminist mermaid,”

Having a blow hole but no fins doesn't make her a mermaid..........

12 posted on 07/31/2021 1:17:00 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (Without potatoes, life has no meaning......)
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To: karpov

It’s clear Laura Simone Lewis is a total idiot


13 posted on 07/31/2021 1:17:52 PM PDT by butlerweave
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To: BenLurkin

At some point all the comedy and satire of the past became the present’s “Hold my beer!”

The way things are going the cartoon Gravity Falls is may have a point, with the world not ending with a bang but with a “coo-coo”.


14 posted on 07/31/2021 1:19:56 PM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: karpov

From the article:

““The ideology seems to be that biology really isn’t as important as how somebody feels about themselves, or feels their sex to be,””

No other animal in the animal kingdom worries about feeeelings. They just do what comes naturally to them. Show me the rooster who can lay eggs and then we’ll talk. As Abraham Lincoln said, “How many legs does a dog have if we call the tail a leg? 4. Calling a tail a leg does not make it so.”

And “Blewish feminist mermaid”? WTH is that? On second thought, no pictures please.


15 posted on 07/31/2021 1:20:32 PM PDT by FormerFRLurker
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To: BenLurkin

If trans men can get pregnant why not trans women? Almost as if they’re not really women or something.


16 posted on 07/31/2021 1:22:37 PM PDT by FormerFRLurker
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To: karpov

The idiot says, in part: “...a member of my own department...”, like she owns the department. And, who knows, maybe she does!


17 posted on 07/31/2021 1:24:24 PM PDT by exinnj
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To: karpov

In a world of universal deceipt, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.


18 posted on 07/31/2021 1:26:04 PM PDT by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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To: Hot Tabasco

For a second, I thought it was “blowfish feminist mermaid.”


19 posted on 07/31/2021 1:28:48 PM PDT by Wilhelm Tell (True or False? This is not a tag line.)
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To: BenLurkin

She is completely and utterly insane. Everyone who has the ability to get pregnant? What planet is she on? “Outside the gender binary”? The arrogance of these morons is astounding. They think they are Gods who can create new genders, no they cannot.


20 posted on 07/31/2021 1:31:50 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary Clinton remains free equal justice under the law will never exist in the USA)
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