University of Melbourne Associate Professor Holly Lawford-Smith says she has been slammed for defending women and now is forced to teach with a security presence outside her classrooms.“There was some serious vandalism of the university campus relating to the activist campaign – or at least we think so,” she told Sky News host Rowan…
An academic has lodged a formal complaint against the University of Melbourne alleging it failed to prove a safe workplace after she became a target of transgender activists, says Sky News host Rita Panahi.Ms Panahi discussed the issue with Associate Professor of Philosophy Dr Holly Lawford-Smith.
University of Melbourne Associate Professor Holly Lawford-Smith says pushing for trans-women to have women’s rights is a “conflict of interest” between two minority groups.“This is a conflict of interest between two marginalised/minority groups where trans-women want women’s rights, the right to enter women-only spaces, the right to make women-specific language gender neutral to accommodate…
Melbourne academic Professor Holly Lawford-Smith says University of Melbourne campus protesters who label her new website on the "protection of sex-segregated spaces" as "transphobic" are negatively impacting women on campus.Ms Lawford-Smith said the protests have escalated from petitions and effects of media exposure to a "broad attack" such as "shutting down" a unit on…
University of Melbourne Associate Professor Dr Holly Lawford-Smith says it is “absolutely baffling” modern feminists are pushing for inclusivity over the rights and safety of women.“That’s where the feminists are, they’re trying to be maximally inclusive and now making feminism this thing that’s really about not hurting men’s feelings than actually protecting women,” she…
Holly Lawford-Smith says a bill being debated in Victoria’s parliament rolls sexual orientation and gender identity together when there’s “virtually no evidence” of change or suppression practices on the basis of gender identity.Dr Lawford-Smith, a University of Melbourne senior lecturer, spoke to Sky News about what she found troubling in the bill – also…
