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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAn OB/GYN writes to George Will about college rape
I read your recent column on the supposed campus epidemic of rape, a.k.a. sexual assault and am somewhat taken aback by your claim that forcing colleges to take a tougher stand on sexual assault somehow translates into a modern version of The Crucible that replaces witchcraft with rape hysteria.
. . .
This weekend I was out dancing and experienced what I think you referred to as micro-aggressions. I had my buttocks pinched three times and my breasts groped twice. I was called a bitch and a 50-year-hag when I politely declined hopeful suitors. Whether it is a cat call or a grope these actions represent sexual aggression and Mr. Will they have little to do with sex and everything to do with aggression. I wish someone taught those 40-something-year-old men in college that verbal assaults are not the appropriate response to no thank you and that pinching a womens behind is not a mating ritual.
There is no woman who I have ever met personally or as an OB/GYN who thinks that surviving a rape confers some sort of privilege. I am genuinely curious if you interviewed a few young women hoping to earn their college rape badge or is that just a conclusion you reached looking at the issue of sexual assault through the myopic lens of misogyny?
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There is no survivor privilege, just survivors.
THE REST:
http://drjengunter.wordpress.com/2014/06/11/an-obgyn-writes-to-george-will-about-college-rape/
betsuni
(25,753 posts)Smug-faced ... I can't think of a good word bad enough to describe him.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)He'll point out that "There is no woman who I have ever met" should be "There is no woman whom I have ever met." Then he would chuckle superciliously, and Fred Hiatt would rush out to say that he stands by his stupid columnist.
Then the boyz would all high-five each other, agree that they had once again bested those stoopid gurls, and retire to the Real He-Man Woman Haters Clubhouse to smoke cigars and drink brandy.
spooky3
(34,517 posts)tblue37
(65,524 posts)is more than twice the length of the excerpt and is very good. Here is another good part:
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)Powerful. Very very powerful.
redqueen
(115,103 posts)I doubt most will.
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)He deserves to be fired, but misogyny isn't taken that seriously yet.
Hekate
(90,978 posts)hatrack
(59,599 posts)How's that exposed skin, George?
cui bono
(19,926 posts)nomorenomore08
(13,324 posts)Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)I'm sure he gets that wrong too.
ProfessorGAC
(65,334 posts)He's clueless about everything. He thinks vocabulary and intellectually gravity are inextricably linked. So, if he's got the latter down, it automatically makes the former true.
That fatal flaw means any opinion he has lacks the depth as every other no matter the topic.
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)George Will was a complete asshole before he ever even made the comments on rape, now.............................
deutsey
(20,166 posts)Will never has to sully his views with messy ol' reality.
Quite the charmed life he has.
redqueen
(115,103 posts)redqueen
(115,103 posts)if a woman waited even months before going to the police.
I hope those people click the link and read this whole piece.
Because they fucking need to.
catrose
(5,076 posts)mstinamotorcity2
(1,451 posts)probably GUILTY of the Crime.
mainer
(12,037 posts)Surely it would confer upon him some wonderful special rights that he could enjoy.