I’ll be commenting further on Debra Soh’s new book, The End of Gender.
Soh was recently interviewed by Joe Rogan. Right out of the gate:
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Joe Rogan: You’re a sex neuroscientist. Is that an accurate description?
Debra Soh: Yeah I’m a former academic sex researcher. My PhD is in sexual neuroscience research and now I work as a science journalist and a columnist
JR: Why former?
DS: Because the climate in academia has changed so much. Like you mentioned how things are topsy-turvy, but that’s pretty much how you can describe academia nowadays, even in the hard sciences.
JR: Yeah, it’s getting a little weird what do you attribute it to?
DS: I think it’s a combination of things. I think it’s particular ideologies coming in and taking over, but they’ve been there for a while. I think it’s that that they’ve reached the mainstream. I see it as political correctness running amok. I see it as legitimate researchers not being able to speak out because they’ve got enough on their plate with their research. They’re teaching. They’ve got their students, you know. They’re super busy. And then on top of it they don’t want to deal with the mobbing that will inevitably happen if they do speak out, so things are kind of in favor right now of the craziness.
