Federal complaint against MIT over graduate programs

(The Center Square) – The Equal Protection Project filed a federal complaint this week asking the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for alleged sex-based discrimination against male students. The complaint, submitted to the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, challenges two graduate programs titled “Graduate Womxn in Physics” and “Graduate Womxn in Biology” programs, arguing they unlawfully exclude students who identify as male in violation of Title IX. “The Womxn Programs discriminate on the basis of sex because eligibility is conditioned on whether an individual is male or female, notwithstanding the use of gender-identity terminology,” the complaint states. The programs provide career development opportunities, mentoring and travel funding based on sex rather than individual merit, Robert Fox, Attorney for Equal Protection Project, said in an email to The Center Square. The complaint alleges that male students are excluded un