Professors at America's top medical schools are being bullied into teaching students that biological sex is a construct and are apologizing for using the terms 'male' and 'female', one journalist claims.
Reporter Katie Herzog spoke with one student at a med school in the University of California system who says instructors are too scared to acknowledge the existence of two different sexes because it 'can be considered transphobic.'
The student - identified only as Lauren - shared her story with Herzog in an article published on Bari Weiss's Substack blog on Tuesday.
'I think there's a small percentage of instructors who are true believers [in woke ideology], but most of them are probably just scared of their students,' Lauren told Herzog.
Lauren claims that, in recent months, students have circulated a number of petitions designed to 'name and shame' instructors for 'wrongspeak.'
That has triggered fears of patients' lives being put at risk.
There are clear links between some diseases and a patient's sex, with that basic knowledge seen as vital in helping potentially identify an illness, and ensuring timely treatment.
Weiss's story also cited the example of a transgender man who lost his baby because a doctor did not know he had transitioned, and mistook severe stomach pains for something else.
Professors at America's top medical schools are being bullied into teaching students that biological sex is a construct and are apologizing for using the terms 'male' and 'female', one writer claims
Lauren says that there are real world implications for trying to erase the differences between biological sex, as medical conditions often affect biological males and females differently
In one class, which was recorded and posted online, a professor profusely apologized for using the term 'pregnant woman'.
'I don't want you to think that I am in any way trying to imply anything, and if you can summon some generosity to forgive me, I would really appreciate it,' the professor states in the recording, which Herzog obtained access to.
'It was certainly not my intention to offend anyone. The worst thing that I can
