LONDON — A researcher in England who lost her job over her tweets that men cannot become women has also lost her legal challenge after a judge ruled on Wednesday that her “absolutist view” is “not worthy of respect in a democratic society” and is not protected under British law.
Maya Forstater, 45, found herself out of a job last December after the Center for Global Development decided not to renew her contract. She had been confronted in October 2018 over remarks she made on Twitter the month prior in regard to government plans to accommodate those who identify as transgender.
“I share the concerns … that radically expanding the legal definition of ‘women’ so that it can include both males and females makes it a meaningless concept, and will undermine women’s rights & protections for vulnerable women & girls,” she wrote on Sept. 2, 2018.
“Yes, I think that male people are not women. I don’t think being a woman/female is a matter of identity or womanly feelings. It is biology,” Forstater commented later that month. “People of either sex should not be constrained (or discriminated against) if they don’t conform to traditional gender expectations.”
“What I am so surprised at is that smart people who I admire, who are absolutely pro-science in other areas, and champion human rights & women’s rights are tying themselves in knots to avoid saying the truth that men cannot change into women (because that might hurt men’s feelings),” she also stated on Sept. 30.
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