Tizer, your DD is at Bristol isn't she? I am surprised that she has managed to avoid the gender debate altogether as gender in language is an active debate in France.
It is also not just gender. There are a set of views/beliefs that it is difficult for an individual student to vary from. DD found the previous election with lots of "Oh Jeremy Corbyn" posts on student group chats and suggestions that you were fascist/phobic/racist/etc if you planned to vote anything else, quite depressing. It would also be difficult to take a stance on Palestine that deviates even slightly from the prevailing view. (And which must be quite alienating for Jewish students.) A friend of mine, who happens to be Head of a large department at the National University in a Muslim country, was visiting and DD launched into a series of questions about Islamic religious practice, and what constituted reasonable and unreasonable adjustments. The friend laughed. She was very used to similar questions from non Muslim colleagues in her own country. Most of the demands DD was concerned about (they do a lot of group working so try to be considerate of others' needs when scheduling meetings etc) probably, in her view, fell within the category of "trying it on". As a practicing Muslim she did not get the same requests.
It's probably good training, as similar issues will come up in workplaces. We all should be sensitive to, and take account of others' needs. Young people that I know try really hard to be fair and non discriminatory. At the same time there is an element of learning to be cautious with those who might push their rights aggressively. One example, though pre-lockdown, was a complaint that a group of students were not being sufficiently inclusive. The group decided to have an end of term Christmas lunch. As a nod to non pork/meat eaters, they decided on a vegetarian restaurant. However it served alcohol, and the view was that in order to be properly inclusive they should have found a halal restaurant that did not serve alcohol. The vegetarians then objected. They did not enjoy being somewhere where dead animals were being eaten. Why should their concerns not be considered. And inevitably some (very muted) mutterings about why people could not have a drink, given they were celebrating Christmas. The academic in charge handled it well, but it took time and caused a great deal of worry. I don't think they ever got their lunch.
But this is students reflecting views they see and hear, which come from our broader society. It would be much more difficult if right-think were being imposed by lecturers who not only taught you but marked your exams. It is worth doing some research about course content and staff within the department. I was about to use Prof Sally Hines as an example of someone you might want to avoid if you were remotely Gender Critical, but I just looked her up. "Professor of Sociology and Director of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion at the Department of Sociological Studies at the University of Sheffield."
OP you have your answer.