Part two of The Open University’s censorship and punishment of Dr Almut Gadow:

Dr Gadow had alleged that the university’s equality, diversion and inclusion (EDI) department announced plans to “incorporate its political ideologies” across the curriculum in the 2021-22 academic year. She claimed she voiced concerns that a criminal lawyer’s role “is to present facts” and that “sex is a relevant fact for offences involving perpetrators’ and/or victims’ bodies”.

The academic also argued that “no offender should be allowed to dictate the language of his case in a way which masks relevant facts”. Dr Gadow said she was told that her posts on the online staff forum amounted to “serious insubordination” because she had been told it was not the place for such discussions.

Sex is a relevant fact for a whole lot of disciplines. It’s a relevant fact for daily life, too. It’s really not something we should be systematically lying about, let alone persecuting other people for not lying about.

She was informed by the university that her persistence in posting comments on issues relating to gender identity, paedophilia, and sex offending amounted to “serious bullying and harassment”.

The content of several of her posts was a breach of the university’s transgender staff policy because they may “create an environment in the forum that isn’t inclusive, trans-friendly, or respectful”, Dr Gadow was also told.

I wonder if the OU ever paused to think about an environment in the forum that isn’t women-friendly. (I don’t really – of course they didn’t. Women are the nasty dominant people who persecute memmers of the trans communinny.)

In a statement following the settlement from the Open University, Dr Gadow claimed her experience illustrated that EDI policies at universities often place undue pressure on staff and teaching.

“Much needs to be corrected in this area, where EDIdeology dictates the content of OU teaching at the expense of academic freedom. My case has highlighted the extent to which EDI-fied and ‘liberated’ curricula violate not only the university’s obligations to uphold academic freedom but the human rights of its members,” she said.

And the rights of the students to be taught truth rather than trendy drivel about magic gender.