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Police investigate harassment of feminist professor accused of transphobia

by Jo Wadsworth
Thursday 7 Oct, 2021 at 1:39PM
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Police investigate harassment of feminist professor accused of transphobia


UPDATE: A targeted campaign against a philosophy professor accused of transphobia is being investigated by Sussex Police.

Posters demanding the University of Sussex fire Kathleen Stock appeared on campus yesterday, and smoke bombs were set off as a masked protester held a banner saying Stock Out at the entrance to campus.

The university has also condemned the campaign and says it took swift action to combat it.

The protesters say Professor Stock seeks to exclude and endanger trans people by, for example, supporting female-only spaces and sport and questioning the safety of puberty blocking drugs prescribed to minors.

The campaign has been publicly supported by one of Stock’s colleagues, art history lecturer Francesco Ventrella.

In her latest book, Material Girls, Stock argued the discussion around trans theory and the definition of what a woman is had become surrounded by toxicity.

This is not the first time she has faced calls for her sacking.

This latest campaign today posted a “mission statement” on its Instagram page which said: “Stock is one of this wretched island’s most prominent transphobes, espousing a bastardized variation of ‘radical feminism’ that excludes and endangers trans people.

“She has spent years campaigning for the exclusion of trans people from ‘women’s only spaces’ and against trans and non-binary people’s right to self-identify as any gender.”

It concludes: “Our demand is simple: fire Kathleen Stock. Until then, you’ll see us around.”

A police spokesman said: “On Wednesday, 6 October we received a report of harassment of an employee at the University of Sussex and we are investigating.

“We take all reports of harassment seriously and will seek to investigate and to support victims.”

Details of support and information available for victims of harassment are available at https://www.sussex.police.uk/advice/advice-and-information/sh/stalking-harassment/

A University of Sussex spokesperson said: “We were extremely concerned to see the harassment towards our staff member and took immediate action in response to this, which we continue to do.

“We are deeply committed to being a safe and inclusive university, which values and advances equality and diversity, seeks to resolve conflicts, advances good relations and upholds lawful free speech.

“As a university community, we must be able to have complex discussions without bullying or harassment. We will always take swift action when this occurs.

“Our role as a university is to facilitate such conversations to advance shared understanding and common agreement. We insist that these are carried out respectfully and are always protective of our staff and students.”

In May, the University of Essex apologised to two female professors after an independent inquiry found the university had breached its free speech duties when student complaints led to their invitations or talks being cancelled.

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Comments 6

  1. Hove Guy says:
    4 years ago

    It’s quite simple. Just chuck out the troublemaking staff and students. The latter should be made ot pay back their grants. Get rid of all this silly “woke” nonsense.

    Reply
    • Nick says:
      4 years ago

      Grants? You’re thirty years behind!

      Reply
  2. Chaz. says:
    4 years ago

    Well done to the Uni for protecting their lecturers against the woke cancel culture of uneducated students and the Twatter rent a mob.

    Hove guy is right, get these tiresome, anti-social media, echo-chamber wasters to pay back all their fees and get out of Brighton.

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  3. Sruthan MacNeighill says:
    4 years ago

    You failed to report the students statement that rightly called out the harmful environment Prof Stock’s opinions creates for trans and non-binary students. I’d like to know what steps the university is taking to ensure students are protected and provided with a safe environment for study, and not subjected to (for example) misgendering or harmful views on conversion therapy. Further, hate speech has consequences, and this was a peaceful protest against that hate speech. Sussex Police shouldn’t be wasting resources on shutting down the freedom of speech of these students.

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    • roy pennington says:
      4 years ago

      wrong reply: try this instead https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/10/08/academic-freedom-or-mob-rule-time-to-pick-a-side/

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  4. Nathan Adler says:
    4 years ago

    Don’t like someone’s views, lets get them the sack! A protest that quite rightly has backfired, even twitter is overwhelmingly backing the professor. We seem to as a country lost the ability to reasonably listen to the other side of the argument. Well done to the University for standing by its staff and the right of freedom of speech.

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