[ptah]

this is impacting scientific research to the point that people are scrubbing the word "gender" from their papers to avoid their research programs getting flagged by the doge gestapo

[afpx]

Given that it took about two centuries for the public to accept the heliocentric model, some patience may be needed. A great number of people only learn about gender through undergraduate education. And, iirc, only 25% of the population have undergraduate degrees.

[bobsmooth]

I've never read an explanation of gender that couldn't be summed up as "one's personality".

[afpx]

Heh, I can't tell if the downvotes are pro-gender studies, anti-gender studies, or just don't want to hear about gender studies.

[Zamaamiro]

That "essentially" is doing a lot of heavy lifting.

Please point me to a specific Executive Order issued during Biden's administration that resulted in "forced speech."

On the other hand, the current administration has issued Executive Orders, memoranda, and other official communications that very explicitly direct government agencies to engage in censorship, with the National Science Foundation going as far as to compile a list of sensitive words, flagging any materials including words such as "woman", "female", "disability", and "LGBT."

[1] https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/endi...

[2] https://www.justice.gov/ag/media/1388501/dl?inline

[3] https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025/02/04/national-s...

[tmendez]

This is untrue