A gender studies professor defended his decision to give students a failing grade on an assignment for using the term “biological woman,” arguing that the term perpetuated “systemic harm.” claimed.
Olivia Krollczyk, a University of Cincinnati student, described how an anonymous professor gave her zero marks on a task she claimed unfairly favored biological men or transgender women over biological women. Posted a video discussing , and it became a hot topic. compete on the same sports team, according to to the Cincinnati Enquirer. Melanie Rose Nipper, Professor of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at the University of Cincinnati, acknowledged to the media that she gave Krolczyk a zero score for her use of “biological woman,” citing freedom of speech and discussion. Rights “terminate when you do so, whether intentionally or unintentionally,” he said. , participating in some kind of systemic harm. “
“This is unacceptable based on community, marginalized individuals at risk and the foundation of the course,” Nipper said.
Nipper cited transphobia and white supremacy as examples of “systemic harm,” according to a report by the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Similar incidents have happened before in Mr. Nipper’s class when students used “outdated terminology” in projects, the professor told the Cincinnati Enquirer. Nipper said he never failed a course for using “outdated terminology” but “had given zero points on assignments.”
“I would happily rerank,” Nipper told the outlet. “There is no late penalty.”
A University of Cincinnati student said she got a failing grade on an assignment for using the term “biological woman.”
Olivia Krolczyk said her project aims to show how self-identified transgender men participating in women’s sport are “actively de-glamorizing the sport”. rice field. pic.twitter.com/rRRhNge7DC
— Genevieve Gluck (@WomenReadWomen) June 6, 2023
Red state legislators across the nation are segregating sports based on biological gender after biological male Leah Thomas competed in the Ivy League Championship and women’s 500-yard freestyle in February 2022 We are promoting a bill to University of Pennsylvania men’s swim team before gender transition.
“Not all students feel seen in academia,” Nipper told the magazine. “And that is exactly the effort of the WGSS (Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies) class to make students, especially those who are marginalized, feel seen and respected. It’s about being felt.”
Nipper and Krollczyk did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.
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