Harvard lecturer Carole Hooven took heat from her own colleague after an appearance on TV 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 is the author of a book about testosterone, and teaches Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard 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 Diversity and Inclusion at Harvard’s Department of Human Evolutionary Biology (this would be the equivalent of Andrews University’s Mike Nixon).
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.
"I respect Carole as a colleague & scientist," Lewis added, "But this dangerous language perpetuates a system of discrimination against non-cis people within the med system. It directly opposes our Task Force work that aims to create a safe space for scholars of ALL gender identities and sexes."
Commentary
When simple biblical realities are referred to as “dangerous language”, we can know that we Christians are headed for a showdown with those that love and believe a lie (Revelation 22:15).
Our counsel, live not by lies, love and speak the truth freely. Truth will set you and your hearers free, especially as it is spoken in love and wisdom (Ephesians 4:15; James 3:13).
Lastly, we know what a feminist is, but what is a blewish mermaid?
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