# Plato banned in Texas university, Also: how come his gender ideology survived the Middle Ages?

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**Created:** [January 19, 2026, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plato-banned-in-texas-university-also-how-come-his-gender-ideology-survived-the-middle-ages/1026823 "2026-01-19T16:34:54Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 19, 2026, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plato-banned-in-texas-university-also-how-come-his-gender-ideology-survived-the-middle-ages/1026823/5 "2026-01-19T17:15:47Z")

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Here’s the Pit thread that was started last week:

> [@Should Plato Be Banned from University Courses?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-plato-be-banned-from-university-courses/1026460):
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> Drop the race and gender material from your course and the Plato readings, or teach a different course. You have a day to decide. That’s a paraphrase of what [Martin Peterson](https://www.martinpeterson.org/), professor of philosophy at Texas A&M University, was told by university officials today about his upcoming “Contemporary Moral Problems” course, due to start next week. When I read this I started thinking about George Orwell.

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