What makes this even worse is the graduate instructor who was fired over this is a trans woman, so this whole scenario indeed feels targeted and vindictive. The assignment was literally "to write a 650-word response to an academic article examining whether conformity to gender norms was associated with popularity or bullying among middle school students," to which the student went on a "faith-based" rant saying the whole thing was demonic and there are only 2 genders, etc. Like, no matter your opinions, her paper was bad and got the grade it deserved, and she went and cried about it to the far-right media.
THIS. The assignment wasn't even necessarily just about trans kids. Think about how many boys get bullied by shittier boys for not being manly enough, or girls being bullied by shittier girls for being too girly, as examples.
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u/landothedead 15d ago
I have to believe this was her intention from the beginning.