Glossary at Boston U. Teaching Hospital Says ‘Biology’ Doesn’t Define Sex
“The Office of Equity, Vitality, and Inclusion partnered with Boston University’s medical and public health groups to develop this glossary”
The glossary is full of exciting, new progressive words and phrases.
The College Fix reports:
Boston U. teaching hospital glossary says ‘biology’ doesn’t define sex
The primary teaching hospital of Boston University’s medical school recently updated its “Glossary for Culture Transformation” to include dozens of ideologically loaded terms, a medical advocacy group found.
For example, Boston Medical Center’s glossary includes entries for “assigned sex at birth,” “LGBTQIA+,” “fatphobia,” “anti-blackness,” “pansexual,” “misgender,” “transphobia,” and “two-spirit,” among many others.
The definition for “assigned sex at birth” includes a note that states “It is not valid to use ‘biology’ or ‘science’ to claim assigned sex at birth and/or gender are a fixed, concrete concept and/or binary.”
The glossary defines “gender” as a “social construction that assigns particular characteristics, norms, and roles to sex and genitalia.”
In its definition of “pronouns,” the glossary states that “People may also use gender-neutral pronouns such as they, them, their(s). Or, they may be ze (rather than she or he) or hir (rather than her(s) and him/his).”
It includes a note instructing readers to avoid using the term “preferred pronouns,” as it “implies that it is optional or less important.”
Further, in its entry on “fatphobia,” the glossary states that “Anti-fatness is intrinsically linked to anti-blackness, racism, classism, misogyny, and many other systems of oppression.”
The entry also offers examples of fatphobia in the medical field, such as the “size of exam tables, gowns, blood pressure cuffs, and scale limits.”
The Office of Equity, Vitality, and Inclusion partnered with Boston University’s medical and public health groups to develop this glossary to promote “justice, equity, and belonging,” according to the medical center’s website.
It also notes that the glossary was developed through broader community input and prioritized the needs of marginalized groups.
Do No Harm Medical Director Dr. Kurt Miceli told The College Fix the glossary “is awash in DEI ideology rather than clinically grounded content.”
“The language an institution adopts sends a clear message about its priorities, and Boston Medical Center’s Glossary for Culture Transformation is no exception,” he said.
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I found the problem. It’s that these two things exist: “The Office of Equity, Vitality, and Inclusion” and “the Glossary for Culture Transformation,”
Get rid of them before they do any more harm!
This is a hospital that should lose its accreditation.
Memo for BUTH: If you no longer believe in biology, you might as well clear out your desks, shut off the lights, and go home.
“The entry also offers examples of fatphobia in the medical field, such as the “size of exam tables, gowns, blood pressure cuffs, and scale limits.”
Bullshit.
People over 6’3”, over size 14 feet, over 7 3/4 hat size etc. are equally badly served by clinics, automakers, shopping malls, work glove supplies, and dozens of other goods and services; and it is not due to anybody’s phobia, hate crime, racism, or sexual preferences.
And you can weigh yourself on the cafeteria’s meat scale down at the loading dock. I found the Pentagon’s to be surprisingly accurate and repeatable.
Boston U….the same jokers who handed brainless AOC an Economics degree.
The vast majority of medical trainees and faculty could care less about this silliness, but for a while there no one said anything because those who were obsessed with such ideology had maneuvered themselves into positions of authority by prioritizing staff politics over improving clinical competence. They were successful at this because most people couldn’t stand all the administrative BS and avoided it whenever possible, thus allowing the ideologues to take over. But now they have become too annoying to ignore and the pendulum is swinging back. Dealing with actual illness is a reality check that tends to help young clinicians detox from DEI over time, except for the relatively few fanatics who probably had no business going into medicine in the first place.
My problem with your opinion is simply that these staff are still teaching and grading, so the pupils are still being forced indoctrination, and I’m not sure if we can weed the “few fanatics” out. Otherwise I found your opinion very interesting and probably extremely accurate.
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