College student booted from class, ordered to apologize for asserting there are only two genders
A religious studies major has been banned from a religion course for asserting that there are only two genders, putting his planned May graduation in jeopardy. Lake Ingle, an Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) senior, said he has been punished by Professor Alison Downie for challenging her during a session of her class “Christianity 481: Self, Sin, and Salvation.” Campus Reform broke the story : The class was forced to watch a TED-Talk on February 28 featuring Paula Stone , a transgender woman, who gave examples of “mansplaining,” “male privilege,” and systematic sexism. Following the video, Ingle wrote that the instructor “opened the floor to WOMEN ONLY. Barring men from speaking until the women in the class have had their chance to speak.” After some time had elapsed, Ingle stated he “took this opportunity to point out the official view of biologists who claim there are only two biological genders,” and refuted the “gender wage gap,” after which class res