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Now on bbc news its hardtalk with stephen sackur. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. Of all the front lines in the so called culture wars, none has stirred up more vitriol and bad blood than the argument over sex, gender and identity. How should society regard people who transition away from the biological sexual category theyre born into . And what represents the truth of who we are biology, or Self Identity . Well, my guest is kathleen stock, a british academic, whose work has generated a...

Now on bbc news its hardtalk with stephen sackur. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. Of all the front lines in the so called culture wars, none has stirred up more vitriol and bad blood than the argument over sex, gender and identity. How should society regard people who transition away from the biological sexual category theyre born into . And what represents the truth of who we are biology, or Self Identity . Well, my guest is kathleen stock, a british academic, whose work has generated a...

Now on bbc news its hardtalk with stephen sackur. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. Of all the front lines in the so called culture wars, none has stirred up more vitriol and bad blood than the argument over sex, gender and identity. How should society regard people who transition away from the biological sexual category theyre born into . And what represents the truth of who we are biology, or Self Identity . Well, my guest is kathleen stock, a british academic, whose work has generated a...

Now on bbc news its hardtalk with stephen sackur. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. Of all the front lines in the so called culture wars, none has stirred up more vitriol and bad blood than the argument over sex, gender and identity. How should society regard people who transition away from the biological sexual category theyre born into . And what represents the truth of who we are biology, or Self Identity . Well, my guest is kathleen stock, a british academic, whose work has generated a...

Now on bbc news its hardtalk with stephen sackur. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. Of all the front lines in the so called culture wars, none has stirred up more vitriol and bad blood than the argument over sex, gender and identity. How should society regard people who transition away from the biological sexual category theyre born into . And what represents the truth of who we are biology, or Self Identity . Well, my guest is kathleen stock, a british academic, whose work has generated a...

To represent lecturers came out basically in favour of the protesters, which meant that some of my colleagues agreed with what was happening to me and thats also pretty difficult to put up with. so i decided to leave. it was your decision. i mean, the university chancellor had declared his support for you. he said that this was a fundamental matter of academic freedom, and you didnt feel that you could bear to continue the fight, i suppose? i mean, this was the culmination of quite a long proces...

So, yeah, i was pretty worn down by it. and ijust — you know, im not a martyr figure, i dont intend to be one, and i dont want to stay somewhere where im deeply unhappy, so i think it was time for me to leave. so lets get to the nub of what all of this controversy was about. you were a trained philosopher... "trained philosopher"! philosophy is your thing, and many people watching and listening might wonder, why was a philosopher getting so deeply engaged in issues of sexual gender identity an...

It was your decision. i mean, the university chancellor had declared his support for you. he said that this was a fundamental matter of academic freedom, and you didnt feel that you could bear to continue the fight, i suppose? i mean, this was the culmination of quite a long process, and it had been really unpleasant to work there for several years. so, yeah, i was pretty worn down by it. and ijust — you know, im not a martyr figure, i dont intend to be one, and i dont want to stay somewhere w...

So, yeah, i was pretty worn down by it. and ijust — you know, im not a martyr figure, i dont intend to be one, and i dont want to stay somewhere where im deeply unhappy, so i think it was time for me to leave. so lets get to the nub of what all of this controversy was about. you were a trained philosopher... "trained philosopher"! philosophy is your thing, and many people watching and listening might wonder, why was a philosopher getting so deeply engaged in issues of sexual gender identity an...