Sonoma State University speech code: Just ran across this — it prohibits, among other things, “disparaging comments about women as a group,” “the use of sexist humor or demeaning sexual allusions,” “making statements which communicate to students . . . limiting preconceptions about appropriate and expected behaviors, abilities, career directions, and personal goals which are based on sex rather than individual interest or ability.” And, yes, this explicitly applies to students as well as employees. A pretty clear First Amendment violation; sexist viewpoints are as constitutionally protected as egalitarian ones. But that doesn’t seem to worry Sonoma State much.
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