User talk:Virginia Courtsesan

Contrary to the username, I'm actually a Virginia Gentleman - so please, be gentle.

Masud Khan Sexual Abuse Allegations

Dear Virginia Courtsesan,


I noticed that you took out the reference to Khan's sexual abuse allegations, citing "overstatement" as a reason. I understand that this is a complex subject but it is also an urgent one. I would like to restore the relevant passage but want to prevent an edit war. Could you share with me your position on this subject? Hopkins' research on this particular subject is significant and ought to be included.


Honigfrau Honigfrau (talk) 18:16, 5 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

(Replied on talk-page, I don't have strong feelings on the subject being included it was just the wording that was problematic given its use of neologisms/contemporaryianism) Virginia Courtsesan (talk) 01:49, 1 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, thank you for the note; my changes to Masud Khan are visible here; My reference to overstatement was more aimed at terms like "blatantly" and "tirade", and I disliked the idea that a single researcher long after his death would be stated as "Research by X brought to light numerous sexual abuses" where today's moral standards and terminologies are applied to what may be, on its face, relatively consensual sexual acts with patients but against the standards of all governing bodies of course, the terminology should be arranged more appropriately it seemed to me. But I am not well apprised of the case, hence why I simply reduced it to entering relationships with patients. I promise I have no interest in an edit war :) Virginia Courtsesan (talk) 23:52, 5 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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