T. T. Perry

@ttpphd
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Applied and translational sensory scientist. Advocate for bodily autonomy. Nonbinary feminist killjoy. Anti-segregationist.

https://ttpphd.com

Alt-text: me, a chubby faced white person with long dark brown curly hair, giving side eye behind some glasses.

Banner: a person in a denim jacket on a bike with a life sized plastic skeleton attached to the rear carrier.

Pronounsthey/them
Valuesautonomy, inclusion, dignity, accountability, curiosity, fun
CatsLizzo (tortoise shell) and Sketti (black tuxedo)
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Very excited for this article to finally be published! Coming soon to the Journal of Bodies, Sexualities, and Masculinities...

The Problems of Liberal Neutrality in Upbringing
Timothy Michael Fowler, 2010

"the paper argues that political liberalism faces a problem where parents or other adults want to pass on bizarre or dangerous beliefs to their offspring. This problem arises because in the political liberal framework the only limit on what doctrines a child may acquire is that the child becomes a reasonable citizen."

https://www.proquest.com/docview/814358923/fulltextPDF/8BD49F24988E4CB9PQ/1

#Philosophy #Liberalism #Parenting #Belief #ChildrensRights

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Principles over Propositions: Or, How to Reject Metaphysical Neutrality in Bioethics (2021)

"Secular bioethics does not require—and should not demand—certainty about the truth or falsity of an endless number of religious beliefs within its practice. They need only assert that the one life everyone agrees children will live must, when seriously threatened, be prioritized over the metaphysical or religious commitments of their parents."

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15265161.2021.1915412

#ethics #ChildrensRights

Secular Clinical Ethicists Should Not Be Neutral Toward All Religious Beliefs: An Argument for a Moral-Metaphysical Proceduralism

by Abram Brummett (2021).

The American Journal of Bioethics, 21(6), 5-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2020.1863512

#ethics #secular #metaphysics #philosophy

What's most striking to me is that the agency, desires, subjectivity, and human rights of the patient are totally absent from conversations doctors have about forced genital cutting.

Circumcision is predicated on the total dehumanization and objectification of children.

https://www.reddit.com/r/FamilyMedicine/comments/1u9jub9/new_grand_rounds_by_aap_expert_dr_andrew_freedman/

#Ethics #Medicine #MedSchool #PreMed

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Can Colorado protect girls from genital cutting but not boys? A lawsuit says no.
Haylee May, CPR News, June 2026

Huff v. Colorado is the second lawsuit of its kind, following Hadachek v. Oregon.

https://www.cpr.org/2026/06/15/colorado-lawsuit-circumcision/

#Colorado #News #Law #Equality