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Publication announcement! 🚨📚 "Sex, Lies and Statistics: Why We Need Evidence-Based Policy on Sex and Gender"
"Sex, Lies and Statistics" documents the missteps society has made by turning its back on evidence when it comes to sex and gender, and shows that accurate data is th to evidence-based policy.
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"Sex, Lies and Statistics" documents the missteps society has made by turning its back on evidence when it comes to sex and gender, and shows that accurate data is th to evidence-based policy.
Pre-order your copy now. amazon.co.uk/Sex-Lies-Stati…
@politybooks #Gender #PublicPolicy #Statistics #Data #Sociology
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Professor Alice Sullivan retweeted
Great review of @ProfAliceS excellent book, Sex, Lies and Statistics: Why We Need Evidence-Based Policies on Sex and Gender.
“Failures to collect vital data, Sullivan argues, are both a consequence of, and a contributing factor to, important social and political trends. Her ender, but there are wider lessons for anyone who values good data, democracy, or truth.
Without collecting data on both biological sex and gender identity it is impossible to test the claim that the latter, not the former, determines sporting performance, and this matters for future policy on who should compete in which category. It is impossible to understand the interactions of sex and gender identity in social phenomena like offending rates or earnings.
It is also impossible to predict the effects of policy changes, on transgender people or anyone else. The absence of data benefits nobody, except perhaps those with a vested interest in misleading the public to pursue their own agenda.
Whatever your views on specific issues, anyone who values the role of statistics in public policy should take seriously Sullivan’s account, and her suggested lessons for a better way forward: ‘Tell it like it is; … Embrace criticism; … Abandon tribalism; … Tolerance is a virtue; …Everyone counts.’”
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“Failures to collect vital data, Sullivan argues, are both a consequence of, and a contributing factor to, important social and political trends. Her ender, but there are wider lessons for anyone who values good data, democracy, or truth.
Without collecting data on both biological sex and gender identity it is impossible to test the claim that the latter, not the former, determines sporting performance, and this matters for future policy on who should compete in which category. It is impossible to understand the interactions of sex and gender identity in social phenomena like offending rates or earnings.
It is also impossible to predict the effects of policy changes, on transgender people or anyone else. The absence of data benefits nobody, except perhaps those with a vested interest in misleading the public to pursue their own agenda.
Whatever your views on specific issues, anyone who values the role of statistics in public policy should take seriously Sullivan’s account, and her suggested lessons for a better way forward: ‘Tell it like it is; … Embrace criticism; … Abandon tribalism; … Tolerance is a virtue; …Everyone counts.’”
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There's still time to sign up for this event tomorrow night. Hope to see you there!
📣🚨 Sex, Lies and Statistics — debate & book launch with Professor Alice Sullivan.
12 November, in-person in central London, free livestream for FSU members.
Professor Alice Sullivan has faced violent protests, blacklisting and no-platforming for questioning new orthodoxies thation in the name of trans ‘inclusivity’.
Join @ProfAliceS as she debates the issues raised in her new book, ‘Sex, Lies and Statistics’, with policy experts Professor Catherine Meads, Professor Michael Biggs and Professor Ian Acheson. Join the live audience Q&A to discuss what can be done to restore open inquiry and reasoned debate, followed by a friendly social.
Tickets below and check FSU member newsletter for free livestream link 👇
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Sign up for my online @ucl lunch hour lecture tomorrow.
'How should we collect data on sex and gender identity'.
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'How should we collect data on sex and gender identity'.
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Professor Alice Sullivan retweeted
📣🚨 Sex, Lies and Statistics — debate & book launch with Professor Alice Sullivan.
12 November, in-person in central London, free livestream for FSU members.
Professor Alice Sullivan has faced violent protests, blacklisting and no-platforming for questioning new orthodoxies thation in the name of trans ‘inclusivity’.
Join @ProfAliceS as she debates the issues raised in her new book, ‘Sex, Lies and Statistics’, with policy experts Professor Catherine Meads, Professor Michael Biggs and Professor Ian Acheson. Join the live audience Q&A to discuss what can be done to restore open inquiry and reasoned debate, followed by a friendly social.
Tickets below and check FSU member newsletter for free livestream link 👇
12 November, in-person in central London, free livestream for FSU members.
Professor Alice Sullivan has faced violent protests, blacklisting and no-platforming for questioning new orthodoxies thation in the name of trans ‘inclusivity’.
Join @ProfAliceS as she debates the issues raised in her new book, ‘Sex, Lies and Statistics’, with policy experts Professor Catherine Meads, Professor Michael Biggs and Professor Ian Acheson. Join the live audience Q&A to discuss what can be done to restore open inquiry and reasoned debate, followed by a friendly social.
Tickets below and check FSU member newsletter for free livestream link 👇
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Professor Alice Sullivan retweeted
"If medicine is to remain grounded in evidence, it must cultivate the psychological sophistication to question its own certainties. The true test of evidence based practice is not how we respond to evidence that confirms what we already believe, but how we respond when it does in @JConIdeas.👇
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Professor Alice Sullivan retweeted
Victoria Smith (@glosswitch) writes on @ProfAliceS’s new book, Sex, lies and statistics for @TheCriticMag: “It reads like a dystopian novel.”
thecritic.co.uk/telling-the-tr…
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Review of 'Sex, Lies and Statistics' in Royal Statistical Society journal @signmagazine by @TimandraHarknes
'Whatever your views on specific issues, anyone who values the role of statistics in public policy should take seriously Sullivan’s account, and her suggested lessons for a better way forward: “Tell it like it is; … Embrace criticism; … Abandon tribalism; … Tolerance is a virtue; …Everyone counts.”'
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'Whatever your views on specific issues, anyone who values the role of statistics in public policy should take seriously Sullivan’s account, and her suggested lessons for a better way forward: “Tell it like it is; … Embrace criticism; … Abandon tribalism; … Tolerance is a virtue; …Everyone counts.”'
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Professor Alice Sullivan retweeted
I wrote about Alice Sullivan's excellent new book on sex, gender and statistics thecritic.co.uk/telling-the-tr…
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Thank you @glosswitch for this great review of 'Sex, Lies and Statistics'.
I wrote about Alice Sullivan's excellent new book on sex, gender and statistics thecritic.co.uk/telling-the-tr…
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Professor Alice Sullivan retweeted
📣🚨 Sex, Lies and Statistics — debate & book launch with Professor Alice Sullivan.
12 November, in-person in central London, free livestream for FSU members.
@ProfAliceS has faced violent protests, blacklisting and no-platforming for questioning new orthodoxies that undermine dataof trans ‘inclusivity’.
Join Alice as she debates the issues raised in her new book, ‘Sex, Lies and Statistics’, with policy experts Professor Catherine Meads, Professor Michael Biggs and Professor Ian Acheson. Join the live audience Q&A to discuss what can be done to restore open inquiry and reasoned debate, followed by a friendly social.
Tickets below and check FSU member newsletter for free livestream link 👇
12 November, in-person in central London, free livestream for FSU members.
@ProfAliceS has faced violent protests, blacklisting and no-platforming for questioning new orthodoxies that undermine dataof trans ‘inclusivity’.
Join Alice as she debates the issues raised in her new book, ‘Sex, Lies and Statistics’, with policy experts Professor Catherine Meads, Professor Michael Biggs and Professor Ian Acheson. Join the live audience Q&A to discuss what can be done to restore open inquiry and reasoned debate, followed by a friendly social.
Tickets below and check FSU member newsletter for free livestream link 👇
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Professor Alice Sullivan retweeted
Minor in scheme of things.
But had to "apologise" to Brand who threatened me with lawyers at Guardian in 2014.
The correction read "This article was amended on 31 October 2014. An earlier version said 'A lot of what he says is ghostwritten sub-Chomskyian woo'. This has been corrected."
But had to "apologise" to Brand who threatened me with lawyers at Guardian in 2014.
The correction read "This article was amended on 31 October 2014. An earlier version said 'A lot of what he says is ghostwritten sub-Chomskyian woo'. This has been corrected."
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Professor Alice Sullivan retweeted
🚨JOIN US FOR ALICE SULLIVAN'S BOOK LAUNCH
On Thursday 12th November the FSU is hosting the book launch for Sex, Lies and Statistics: Why We Need Evidence-Based Policy on Sex and Gender by @ProfAliceS
Joined by Professors Michael Biggs and Ian Acheson (@NotThatBigIan), Alice sing one of the most contentious and puzzling social phenomena of our time: the removal of biological sex from data, social policy and public discourse.
Clear, accessible and deeply researched, the book makes a powerful case for evidence-based policymaking and honest public discussion.
At a time when trust in institutions is increasingly fragile, Sullivan argues that if we are to avoid a post-truth culture, we must reject tribalism and groupthink, welcome critical voices, and reclaim the virtue of tolerance.
Professor Sullivan has stood her ground against repeated cancellation attempts and sometimes violent protests, while also defending academic freedom and the free speech of others on multiple occasions.
Get tickets below 👇
On Thursday 12th November the FSU is hosting the book launch for Sex, Lies and Statistics: Why We Need Evidence-Based Policy on Sex and Gender by @ProfAliceS
Joined by Professors Michael Biggs and Ian Acheson (@NotThatBigIan), Alice sing one of the most contentious and puzzling social phenomena of our time: the removal of biological sex from data, social policy and public discourse.
Clear, accessible and deeply researched, the book makes a powerful case for evidence-based policymaking and honest public discussion.
At a time when trust in institutions is increasingly fragile, Sullivan argues that if we are to avoid a post-truth culture, we must reject tribalism and groupthink, welcome critical voices, and reclaim the virtue of tolerance.
Professor Sullivan has stood her ground against repeated cancellation attempts and sometimes violent protests, while also defending academic freedom and the free speech of others on multiple occasions.
Get tickets below 👇
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Professor Alice Sullivan retweeted
Concerning to see masked pro-Palestinian activists at City St George’s University of London, using loudspeakers to chant for the sacking of Professor Michael Ben-Gad, apparently because he — an Israeli citizen — served in the IDF in the early 1980s.
The demonstration took place in a main circulation area of the University Building at Northampton Square, through which anyone entering or leaving would have to pass.
Other allegedly pro-Israeli academics have recently been singled out in an Instagram campaign, with their names and photographs circulated alongside accusations of racism and Islamophobia that implicitly question why the university continues to employ them.
Under the newly strengthened Higher Education and Research Act 2017, English universities have a statutory duty to take reasonably practicable steps to secure the freedom of speech of their staff and students — a duty that also protects students’ rights to protest against academics, criticise their views and call for their dismissal.
But what students are legally entitled to say is not quite the same as what universities, as centres of scholarship and intellectual provocation, should expect from members of their community.
Central to the Humboldtian ideal of the university is the notion that even the sharpest political disagreements, and the personal enmities they engender, should be handled with civility, rather than allowed to descend into crude public denunciations and demands for someone’s sacking.
Sadly, this tendency is by no means confined to one side of the Israel–Palestine debate.
The Committee for Academic Freedom (CAF) knows of a recent case at King’s College London where a pro-Palestinian academic faced a hostile campaign following a student complaint about a seminar on the history of Palestine and Israel. Although the university closed two investigations without taking action, posters appeared on campus accusing the academic of supporting terrorism and demanding their sacking. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the academic subsequently described how persistent harassment undermined their professional confidence and made them think twice about what they could safely say in their teaching.
The political positions of Ben-Gad and the KCL academic may differ, but the underlying dynamic of cancellation is all too similar. And beyond the direct impact on each, hundreds — perhaps thousands — of their colleagues take note and silently resolve to keep quiet rather than risk becoming the next target.
Statutory protections may be necessary to secure academic freedom at an institutional level. But they are not sufficient to sustain it in practice. For that, universities depend on something no legislation can manufacture: a culture of intellectual tolerance and a willingness to engage with people whose views we profoundly reject. x.com/HeidiBachram/s…
The demonstration took place in a main circulation area of the University Building at Northampton Square, through which anyone entering or leaving would have to pass.
Other allegedly pro-Israeli academics have recently been singled out in an Instagram campaign, with their names and photographs circulated alongside accusations of racism and Islamophobia that implicitly question why the university continues to employ them.
Under the newly strengthened Higher Education and Research Act 2017, English universities have a statutory duty to take reasonably practicable steps to secure the freedom of speech of their staff and students — a duty that also protects students’ rights to protest against academics, criticise their views and call for their dismissal.
But what students are legally entitled to say is not quite the same as what universities, as centres of scholarship and intellectual provocation, should expect from members of their community.
Central to the Humboldtian ideal of the university is the notion that even the sharpest political disagreements, and the personal enmities they engender, should be handled with civility, rather than allowed to descend into crude public denunciations and demands for someone’s sacking.
Sadly, this tendency is by no means confined to one side of the Israel–Palestine debate.
The Committee for Academic Freedom (CAF) knows of a recent case at King’s College London where a pro-Palestinian academic faced a hostile campaign following a student complaint about a seminar on the history of Palestine and Israel. Although the university closed two investigations without taking action, posters appeared on campus accusing the academic of supporting terrorism and demanding their sacking. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the academic subsequently described how persistent harassment undermined their professional confidence and made them think twice about what they could safely say in their teaching.
The political positions of Ben-Gad and the KCL academic may differ, but the underlying dynamic of cancellation is all too similar. And beyond the direct impact on each, hundreds — perhaps thousands — of their colleagues take note and silently resolve to keep quiet rather than risk becoming the next target.
Statutory protections may be necessary to secure academic freedom at an institutional level. But they are not sufficient to sustain it in practice. For that, universities depend on something no legislation can manufacture: a culture of intellectual tolerance and a willingness to engage with people whose views we profoundly reject. x.com/HeidiBachram/s…
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Professor Alice Sullivan retweeted
On Thursday I wrote about the 2014 injunction Russell Brand obtained against a woman who accused him of assault.
I've now obtained the final order. It's breathtaking.
She had no lawyer. No trial. Yet she was silenced for life - even barred from speaking to the police.
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I've now obtained the final order. It's breathtaking.
She had no lawyer. No trial. Yet she was silenced for life - even barred from speaking to the police.
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Professor Alice Sullivan retweeted
Why do "transgender and gender-diverse youth" not get the benefit of sex-disaggregated data?
Wouldn't it be important to know if there's sex-based patterns to the abuse?
cbc.ca/news/health/te…
CC @kimber_tweets
Wouldn't it be important to know if there's sex-based patterns to the abuse?
cbc.ca/news/health/te…
CC @kimber_tweets
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Professor Alice Sullivan retweeted
Dan Stillitz for the City of London just said in court that if the City has to provide the women and men's ponds as single sex ponds the likely upshot is that it won't provide separate sex ponds at all.
must change it is likely that the Ponds will become fully mixed, and the LP will cease to exist. The Cs have said they don't have a preference but not true, look at letter before action. It says 'confirm the policy withdrawn', 'statement on line, will comply with FWS and operate
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Professor Alice Sullivan retweeted
Thank you to @pressgazette for standing up for investigative journalism and press freedom after it received more than 500 complaints regarding my nomination for this year's British Journalism Awards pressgazette.co.uk/news/awards-no…
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Professor Alice Sullivan retweeted
🚨GET TICKETS FOR ALICE SULLIVAN'S BOOK LAUNCH
Sex, Lies and Statistics: Why We Need Evidence-Based Policy on Sex and Gender by @ProfAliceS
⏰Thursday 12th November 7.30pm
📍Central London (location TBA)
Hosted by the Free Speech Union and joined by Professors Michael Biggs atBigIan), Alice Sullivan will be discussing one of the most contentious and puzzling social phenomena of our time: the removal of biological sex from data, social policy and public discourse.
Clear, accessible and deeply researched, the book makes a powerful case for evidence-based policymaking and honest public discussion.
At a time when trust in institutions is increasingly fragile, Sullivan argues that if we are to avoid a post-truth culture, we must reject tribalism and groupthink, welcome critical voices, and reclaim the virtue of tolerance.
Professor Sullivan has stood her ground against repeated cancellation attempts and sometimes violent protests, while also defending academic freedom and the free speech of others on multiple occasions.
Get tickets below 👇
Sex, Lies and Statistics: Why We Need Evidence-Based Policy on Sex and Gender by @ProfAliceS
⏰Thursday 12th November 7.30pm
📍Central London (location TBA)
Hosted by the Free Speech Union and joined by Professors Michael Biggs atBigIan), Alice Sullivan will be discussing one of the most contentious and puzzling social phenomena of our time: the removal of biological sex from data, social policy and public discourse.
Clear, accessible and deeply researched, the book makes a powerful case for evidence-based policymaking and honest public discussion.
At a time when trust in institutions is increasingly fragile, Sullivan argues that if we are to avoid a post-truth culture, we must reject tribalism and groupthink, welcome critical voices, and reclaim the virtue of tolerance.
Professor Sullivan has stood her ground against repeated cancellation attempts and sometimes violent protests, while also defending academic freedom and the free speech of others on multiple occasions.
Get tickets below 👇
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Coming up next Thursday!
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🚨JOIN US FOR ALICE SULLIVAN'S BOOK LAUNCH
On Thursday 12th November the FSU is hosting the book launch for Sex, Lies and Statistics: Why We Need Evidence-Based Policy on Sex and Gender by @ProfAliceS
Joined by Professors Michael Biggs and Ian Acheson (@NotThatBigIan), Alice sing one of the most contentious and puzzling social phenomena of our time: the removal of biological sex from data, social policy and public discourse.
Clear, accessible and deeply researched, the book makes a powerful case for evidence-based policymaking and honest public discussion.
At a time when trust in institutions is increasingly fragile, Sullivan argues that if we are to avoid a post-truth culture, we must reject tribalism and groupthink, welcome critical voices, and reclaim the virtue of tolerance.
Professor Sullivan has stood her ground against repeated cancellation attempts and sometimes violent protests, while also defending academic freedom and the free speech of others on multiple occasions.
Get tickets below 👇
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