Debra W. Soh

Debra W. Soh
Born Debra W. Soh
(1990-09-01) September 1, 1990
Alma mater
Occupation

Debra W. Soh is a Canadian science journalist and former sexology researcher at York University. She writes about biology and the politics of sex and culture. She is most well known for writing about the biological differences between men and women, the science of gender, gender dysphoria in children, and sexual dimorphism.

She has been a vocal critic of racial quotas and discrimination against Asians in the university application process.[1][2]

In August 2017, she wrote a column for The Globe and Mail defending the science cited in James Damore's memo on "Google's Ideological Echo Chamber",[3][4] as well as contributing to an article in Quillette magazine defending Damore's memo.[5][6]

Bari Weiss wrote about Soh in an article in The New York Times titled Meet the Renegades of the Intellectual Dark Web.[7][8]

Education

Soh completed her Ph.D. in 2017 from York University in Toronto. Her undergraduate study was at Ryerson University.[9]

Career

Soh is a columnist for Playboy.com and The Globe and Mail.[10] Her articles mainly deal with free speech, especially in academia, transgenderism, and biological differences between men and women.

Since May 2018, Soh also hosts Quillette's Wrongspeak podcast with Jonathan Kay.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Sex Research, Asian Discrimination, and #MeToo". The Rubin Report. August 10, 2018.
  2. ↑ Soh, Debra W. (April 16, 2018). "Discrimination in the Name of Campus Diversity Is Not Acceptable". The Globe and Mail.
  3. ↑ Soh, Debra W. (August 8, 2017). "No, The Google Memo Isn't Sexist or Anti-Diversity. It's Science". The Globe and Mail.
  4. ↑ Brooks, David (August 11, 2017). "Sundar Pichai Should Resign as Google's CEO". The New York Times.
  5. ↑ "The Google Memo: Four Scientists Respond". Quillette. July 29, 2018. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
  6. ↑ French, David (May 31, 2018). "Here's the difference between Colin Kaepernick and Roseanne Barr". The Washington Post. Retrieved September 8, 2018.
  7. ↑ Weiss, Bari (May 8, 2018). "Meet the Renegades of the Intellectual Dark Web". The New York Times. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
  8. ↑ Saletan, William (May 10, 2018). "No, Bari Weiss Isn't Glorifying the "Dark Web"". Slate. Retrieved September 8, 2018.
  9. ↑ Soh, Debra (July 29, 2018). "Dr. Debra W Soh". LinkedIn. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
  10. ↑ "Sex Researcher Turned Journalist Challenges Sexual Dogmas". Psychology Today.
  11. ↑ "Wrongspeak - Quillette". Quillette. 2018-05-14. Retrieved 2018-09-30.
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