Hungary Bans Gender Studies Since It’s ‘an Ideology, Not a Science’
“The Hungarian government is of the clear view that people are born either men or women.”
Hungary has banned gender studies from universities due to low enrollment, which causes waste of tax payer money, and because there are no more than two sexes. From Fox News:
Left-wing critics say it’s academically problematic, politically unheard of in a democratic society, and argue gender studies degrees do lead to jobs.
Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who has been called the Donald Trump of Europe, signed the decree, which went into effect Saturday, removing gender studies from a list of approved master’s programs, though students already enrolled will be grandfathered in.
“The Hungarian government is of the clear view that people are born either men or women,” Orban’s chief of staff said in August. “They lead their lives the way they think best, but beyond this, the Hungarian state does not wish to spend public funds on education in this area.”
Central European University (CEU), founded by Hungarian-American liberal billionaire George Soros and one of two universities in the country that teaches gender studies, blasted the decree as “a significant loss to the Hungarian scholarly community and for democratically-minded public policymakers.”
Eva Fodor, pro-rector for social sciences and humanities at CEU, told Fox News the decree is “atrocious” and unheard of in democratic societies.
“Whether or not you believe in the academic merit in gender studies as a field, it is a legitimate academic field, so banning it is a historic violation of academic freedom,” said Fodor, who has taught gender studies for the past 15 years.
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The pendulum swings.
YAaaaassss!
This is what we need in the U.S.
How does this interfere with academic freedom? You have the right to study whatever you want. The taxpayers are not obligated to pay for it.
To celebrate I will chow down on Hungarian goulash tonight!!!
Finally some common sense!
Lead the way!
Eva Fodor reveals the mental corrosion typical of the university left. She says “Whether you believe or not the academic merit of gender studies, it is a legitimate academic field” If, however, one believes it has no academic merit, how can it be a legitimate academic field?