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Originally Posted by Kizzy
'I've been extremely alarmed'
microaggression.
He was lecturing and he effectively states that he finds incestual sex comparable to that between two men.
Could that not be understood to be offensive if you happen to be gay, is not the underlying tone that it is wrong?
A young person voiced that they were uncomfortable with the personal views of the educator being voiced in this way, which they are perfectly within their rights to do.
And yet it is belittled as nothing but an example of what he considered as the nu teen angst...
But I have wrote papers on gay rights!....why? If your instinct is that it is disgusting then why bother... Leave it to people who truly believe in rights and in the fact that it is not disgusting!
What is disgusting is that when anyone has the conviction to take a matter to the public for scrutiny on any issue they are attacked and condemned for doing do.
The lesson to be learnt here is not that safe spaces do not exist, rather that they do, it's called your head... if you think that gay sex is disgusting, think it don't say it and risk your position as educator and influencer.
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He wasn't saying that being gay is the same as incest.He was talking about the emotion or reaction that he and most straight males get if they see two men having sex or kissing or whatever.It envokes the same reaction in the mind as incest would.It is important to be able to discuss these things in a learning environment so people can....you know....learn.
The point is that people find all kinds of things offensive for different reasons and just because somebody may find something to be offensive that should'nt hamper their education.If you listened further you'd have heard that this is affecting education in other subjects too such as humanities and social sciences.For instance highlighting the differences between different races.Now just because some people might not want to admit that there are differences so might be offended doesn't mean that parts of science education should be scrapped because no tutor dares to teach it.That is a very slippery slope which will diminish the standards of education because people won't be getting the information they need to progress and master their chosen field.Anyone can say they're offended by anything but that shouldn't stop people being taught or able to freely debate and discuss in a university.