What Happens to #MeToo When a Feminist Is the Accused?

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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/13/nyregion/sexual-harassment-nyu-female-professor.html

 

Diane Davis, chair of the department of rhetoric at the University of Texas-Austin, who also signed the letter to the university supporting Professor Ronell, said she and her colleagues were particularly disturbed that, as they saw it, Mr. Reitman was using Title IX, a feminist tool, to take down a feminist.

“I am of course very supportive of what Title IX and the #MeToo movement are trying to do, of their efforts to confront and to prevent abuses, for which they also seek some sort of justice,” Professor Davis wrote in an email. “But it’s for that very reason that it’s so disappointing when this incredible energy for justice is twisted and turned against itself, which is what many of us believe is happening in this case.”

Title IX was intended to address a long history of sexual harassment and assault of women at school, according to Dana Bolger, a co-founder of Know Your IX, a national advocacy group that teaches students about their Title IX rights.

 

“I would say that the vast majority of Title IX cases are protecting male victims from male perpetrators, or female victims from male perpetrators,” Ms. Bolger said.

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Uh, "what's good for the geese is good for the ganders"?

[Randyandyuni 2,682]

Isn't title ix about equality? Seems to be working

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19 minutes ago, Randyandyuni said:

Isn't title ix about equality? Seems to be working

Not quite in the way they wanted it to 😂

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As the old adage goes ... Be careful what you wish for..

 

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1 hour ago, Boiler said:

Not quite in the way they wanted it to 😂

The law of unintended consequences.  

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15 hours ago, Boiler said:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/13/nyregion/sexual-harassment-nyu-female-professor.html

 

Diane Davis, chair of the department of rhetoric at the University of Texas-Austin, who also signed the letter to the university supporting Professor Ronell, said she and her colleagues were particularly disturbed that, as they saw it, Mr. Reitman was using Title IX, a feminist tool, to take down a feminist.

“I am of course very supportive of what Title IX and the #MeToo movement are trying to do, of their efforts to confront and to prevent abuses, for which they also seek some sort of justice,” Professor Davis wrote in an email. “But it’s for that very reason that it’s so disappointing when this incredible energy for justice is twisted and turned against itself, which is what many of us believe is happening in this case.”

Title IX was intended to address a long history of sexual harassment and assault of women at school, according to Dana Bolger, a co-founder of Know Your IX, a national advocacy group that teaches students about their Title IX rights.

“I would say that the vast majority of Title IX cases are protecting male victims from male perpetrators, or female victims from male perpetrators,” Ms. Bolger said.

So only men can perpetrate harassment?

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20 minutes ago, Bill & Katya said:

So only men can perpetrate harassment?

Yep

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29 minutes ago, Boiler said:

Yep

We should lock all of them up.

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Just now, Bill & Katya said:

We should lock all of them up.

Well the white ones.

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Ugh.  I can't believe prominent women, and supposed feminists are defending her.  There is proof at the very least of sexual harassment in her emails.  Title IX should apply equally to everyone to protect victims.  I am glad to see he is getting some redress via Title IX.  Feminists should be renouncing her, not defending her. smh.

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hypocrisy is not limited to men