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Gender is not an ideology – but conservative groups know learning about it empowers people to think for themselves

  • Written by Victoria Pitts-Taylor, Professor of Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies; Sociology; Science and Technology Studies, Wesleyan University
Gender is not an ideology – but conservative groups know learning about it empowers people to think for themselvesWho is afraid of gender and why?AP Photo/Alastair Grant

Political attacks on teaching about gender in colleges and universities are about more than just gender: They are part of agrander projectof eroding civil and human rights, limiting personal freedoms and undermining democracy in the name of “traditional” values.

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