Katy P. Sian has been subjected to sexual abuse.

"slept with a Paki" and is a "Paki loving bitch".[3][8] As a result she has been subjected to harassment and sexual abuse from the same of members of the Sikh faith who claim they want to protect Sikh females from Muslims.[3] This has namely occurred from the more religiously observant, middle-aged and extremist Sikh male side—who are the main perpetrators of the forced conversion, kidnapping and Sikh grooming conspiracy theories; as noted by The Independent who published an expose on Sikh Youth UK in 2018,[9] who are a group who have been summarily exploiting the "Grooming Gang" controversy in efforts to radicalise the Sikh community, and who have spread their extremism freely across university campuses.[9] Even if the "sleeping with a Paki" allegations were true, her private sexual relations wouldn't negate her contributions to the field of sociology, as her work has been subjected to the rigorous process of scientific peer review. Indeed her work has been pivotal in highlighting hirtherto issues which were known to exist but ignored in academia; having worked with scholars such as Monish Bhatia, Scott Poynting, Waqas Tufail, Salman Sayyid and Ian Law to highlight them.[10] Sian has neither denied nor confirmed the sexual allegations against her; but notes that the concept of shame and honour is being used against her in order to discredit her findings. She has also oddly been labelled as an "Islamist", and threatened by Sikh men to have made "videos" on her slandering her private life in an effort to silence her, noting the focus on her sex life as an "obsession", having started in 2013.[3] Sian's criticism of Sikh men peddling racist Islamophobic abuse and conspiracy theories has drawn strong ire from some of members of the male Sikh community who have summarily dismissed her research on grounds that she hasand is aAs a result she has been subjected to harassment and sexual abuse from the same of members of the Sikh faith who claim they want to protect Sikh females from Muslims.This has namely occurred from the more religiously observant, middle-aged and extremist Sikh male side—who are the main perpetrators of the forced conversion, kidnapping and Sikh grooming conspiracy theories; as noted bywho published an expose onin 2018,who are a group who have been summarily exploiting thecontroversy in efforts to radicalise the Sikh community, and who have spread their extremism freely across university campuses.Even if theallegations were true, her private sexual relations wouldn't negate her contributions to the field of sociology, as her work has been subjected to the rigorous process of scientific peer review. Indeed her work has been pivotal in highlighting hirtherto issues which were known to exist but ignored in academia; having worked with scholars such as Monish Bhatia, Scott Poynting, Waqas Tufail, Salman Sayyid and Ian Law to highlight them.Sian has neither denied nor confirmed the sexual allegations against her; but notes that the concept of shame and honour is being used against her in order to discredit her findings. She has also oddly been labelled as an, and threatened by Sikh men to have madeon her slandering her private life in an effort to silence her, noting the focus on her sex life as an, having started in 2013.