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“The Equality and Human Rights Commission is also reviewing the legal position of University UK’s guidelines to establish whether they break the law.”

Yes, well, the Telegraph just a few minutes ago reported that the “backlash” against sanctioned sex segregation in British universities is getting rather intense. Opponents to enforced segregation (which turns out to be almost everyone who has weighed in, except, of course, the suddenly very very quiet people at Universities UK) are going to

send … teams to meetings and use the kind of techniques that were pioneered in countries like the US and South Africa in terms of black segregation.

…The prospect of groups deliberately provoking the organisers of gender segregated events, raising the prospect of tempers flaring, will be a matter of concern for vice-chancellors whose guidelines were intended to defuse tensions rather than enflame them.

It’s easy for the vice-chancellors to get a glimpse of what fun awaits. They need only Google Beit Shemesh.

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Margaret Soltan, December 11, 2013 3:58PM
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3 Responses to ““The Equality and Human Rights Commission is also reviewing the legal position of University UK’s guidelines to establish whether they break the law.””

  1. Janet Gool Says:

    Margaret, Pray for the Peace of Beit Shemesh! We’re waiting for the results of the District Court hearing about election fraud in our last municipal elections.
    Meanwhile, life on the buses has improved. I ride the bus from Beit Shemesh to Jerusalem about once a week, and haven’t had a run in with a charedi male in a while. Of course, that’s on the 417. Wouldn’t want to try my luck on the 416.
    Will let you know what the court decides…
    Janet

  2. Margaret Soltan Says:

    Janet: I’ve been following the election fraud story – look forward to your updates. M.

  3. Janet Gool Says:

    Margaret,
    We might have to wait a bit for the court’s decision. We just had a once-in-a-century snow storm, half a metre of snow in Jerusalem and the country ground to a halt. No snow in Beit Shemesh however – it never seemed so far from Jerusalem before.
    Best,
    Janet

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