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25 Jul 2016, 5:17 am by Brian Leiter
Dreger is an historian of science, who has herself been the victim of the thought police because she has discussed, sympathetically, disfavored views about transgender people. [read post]
8 Jun 2016, 3:36 am by Brian Leiter
Writer Alice Dreger recounts her experience with the website, where she is persona non grata not for the article she submitted, but for holding verboten views on other topics. [read post]
29 Dec 2021, 3:07 pm by Tom Smith
Alice Dreger: I know you’ve spoken about it many times before, but I would like to begin by asking you about the session at the 1978 AAAS [American Association for the Advancement of Science] conference during which you were rushed on the stage and a protester emptied a pitcher of water onto your head. [read post]
15 Mar 2015, 9:05 pm by Walter Olson
[Alice Dreger, Retraction Watch; The Guardian with more on complaints against University of Queensland economist over Brisbane, Australia bus study] “Good reformist energy in NYC to decriminalize student misbehavior. [read post]
27 Aug 2013, 9:57 am by Tom Smith
Pedophilia is the sexual preference for or a strong sexual interest in children. [read post]
29 Aug 2009, 3:12 am
(I still remember the collective public angst when American Olympian Kerri Walsh lost her wedding ring in the sand during a 2008 beach volleyball match).In her NYT article about the IAAF investigation of Semenya, Alice Dreger observes thatsex is so messy that ... science can and will inform [the I.A.A.F.'s] decision, but they are going to have to decide which of the dozens of characteristics of sex matter to them. [read post]
19 Jan 2007, 1:46 pm
The solution they seized upon, unprecedented in the history of medicine, was to use hormones and surgery to keep Ashley forever a child.Bucking the trend to some degree, Alice Dreger writes sympathetically about the position of Ashley's parents over at the Bioethics Forum. [read post]
25 Apr 2022, 8:05 am by Keith E. Whittington
As part of its programming, the Institute sponsors public lectures, and in recent years it has hosted lectures by a range of speakers, including David Brooks, Glenn Loury, Alice Dreger, Michael Sandel, Bari Weiss, and Bryan Caplan. [read post]
26 Dec 2015, 3:15 pm by Georgialee Lang
Alice Dreger, a well-regarded American bioethicist, whose research includes intersex and sex development disorders, is not afraid to challenge the politics of gender dysphoria, while supporting social justice issues that effect this community. [read post]