#Iup professor alison downie free#

Regardless, he plans on someday becoming a professor. If the board rules against Ingle, he won't graduate in May. I brought up the fact that biologists don't agree that there's more than two genders and I said the wage gap she's referring to-77 cents on the dollar-that even The New York Times debunked that.'ĭownie and Ingle had an AIB hearing Friday, with a ruling set for March 19. 'My professor pretty much just tried to shut me up because she was just letting women speak. 'You can't say that anecdotal evidence is fact,' Ingle said. Ingle objected to Downie's 'overall abuse' as a professor 'indoctrinating' students because she won't listen to the other side of a controversial argument.

'I think this is all an attempt to silence my views personally because they contradict the ones she pushes in class so evidently.' 'It is my firmest belief that every human being has the freedom and right to identify, dress and represent oneself as they see fit,' Ingle said.

#Iup professor alison downie free#

Ingle doesn't see this as a transgender, women's rights or wage issue, but rather as free speech and an example of the constant misuse of intellectual power at universities. When no women in the class said anything, Ingle spoke up, challenging the professor on biology and the gender wage gap.ĭownie accused the conservative libertarian student of 'disrespectful objection,' 'refusal to stop talking out of turn,' 'angry outbursts in response to being required to listen to a trans speaker discuss the reality of white male privilege and sexism' and 'disrespectful references to the validity of trans identity and experience.' 28 'Christianity 481: Self, Sin and Salvation' lecture.Īfter showing a 15-minute TED Talk by transgender ex-pastor Paula Stone Williams discussing the 'reality' of 'mansplaining,' 'sexism from men' and 'male privilege,' the professor asked the women in the class to share their thoughts.

Lake Ingle, a senior at the university, said he was silenced and punished by IUP Professor Alison Downie for questioning her during a Feb. ( Lake Ingle) A religious studies major was barred from Christianity class at Indiana University of Pennsylvania for saying during class that there are only two genders. College Student Kicked Out of Class for Telling Professor There Are Only 2 Gendersģ:00PM EDT Caleb Parke/Fox News Indiana University of Pennsylvania student, Lake Ingle, was barred from class for speaking as a man and refuting his professor's claims.