Debacle at OU underscores higher ed’s flaws
University of Oklahoma officials recently announced a graduate assistant was “arbitrary” in flunking a student for stating there are only two sexes.
Still, the incident highlights the degree to which a college education is becoming a joke.
OU students were asked to read an article about gender-nonconforming children and write a short essay in response.
Samantha Fulnecky wrote that she “strongly” disagreed with the idea that “encouraging acceptance of diverse gender expressions could improve students’ confidence,” calling it a “lie that there are multiple genders.”
Course instructor Mel Curth gave Fulnecky a zero, declaring it a “fact” that “every” major medical association “acknowledges that, biologically and psychologically, sex and gender is neither binary nor fixed.” In short, Fulnecky was expected to deny reality to get an A.
Read more »by Muskogee Politico - January 10, 2026 at 03:59PM
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