tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-652367040467201849.post6659310688190109893..comments2023-10-28T01:48:13.665-07:00Comments on Arts and Palaver: Melanie Boyd Puts Smiley Face on Punitive Sex Crime Tribunals : The Yale Feminist Who Theorizes Sexual Assault Issues In Her Spare Time and Supports Universal Application of Affirmative Consent in American Life As a Path to "Feminist Sexual Power"Elizabeth Brodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685452125287825479noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-652367040467201849.post-32328246272577639762016-07-17T10:43:59.121-07:002016-07-17T10:43:59.121-07:00http://www.broadrecognitionyale.com/2016/03/06/but...<a href="http://www.broadrecognitionyale.com/2016/03/06/but-what-about-the-men/" rel="nofollow">http://www.broadrecognitionyale.com/2016/03/06/but-what-about-the-men/</a><br /><br />Above is a viewpoint by a Yale feminist. Overall, I like it, but when we get to the very end she dissolves into the party line "rape culture" and patriarchy blah blah we are all sick and tired of hearing.<br /><br />If you read what she says about the very few males expelled from Yale for serious sexual offenses (2 per year?), it appears to contradict feminist claims of rape culture. It can't be at Yale because such a tiny fraction of males punished is indicative of a non-rape culture. Wouldn't we expect a large number of prosecuted rapes at Yale if Yale itself existed in a so-called rape culture? Yes? No?Elizabeth Brodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11685452125287825479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-652367040467201849.post-59034212500059823672016-07-17T10:38:36.986-07:002016-07-17T10:38:36.986-07:00http://www.broadrecognitionyale.com/2011/09/14/stu...<a href="http://www.broadrecognitionyale.com/2011/09/14/students-react-to-new-sexual-consent-curriculum/" rel="nofollow">http://www.broadrecognitionyale.com/2011/09/14/students-react-to-new-sexual-consent-curriculum/</a><br /><br />The above is an interesting and realistic look at the prior-consent "education" going on at Yale. It's like anything else involving human nature--complex. But it does note Melanie Boyd training sessions being the standard party line theme.Elizabeth Brodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11685452125287825479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-652367040467201849.post-62718939652978769362016-07-17T10:03:10.067-07:002016-07-17T10:03:10.067-07:00https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceci_N%27est_Pas_Un_...<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceci_N%27est_Pas_Un_Viol" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceci_N%27est_Pas_Un_Viol</a><br /><br />The sex video made by Emma Sulcowicz clearly demonstrates failure to obtain stage-based affirmative consent. The porn actor is a stand-in for her old boyfriend, but if this demonstrates the typical way she has sex with men, it would clearly violate Yale's rules for stage-based AC.<br /><br />I count at least seven sexual assaults by Emma Sulcowicz--assuming of course she behaved in similar fashion with her old boyfriend and the recreation is reasonably accurate.<br /><br />She didn't attend Yale, however, one wonders if Yale would have pursued action against her based on this video demonstration of her sex life. Or would they have ignored it? After all, it would be difficult to seek action against someone with a NOW Woman of Courage Award.Elizabeth Brodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11685452125287825479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-652367040467201849.post-3322659344755613702016-07-08T14:32:55.902-07:002016-07-08T14:32:55.902-07:00Billing herself as a "Sexual Culture Activist...Billing herself as a "Sexual Culture Activist." Only an entitled Ivy type would have the nerve to bill herself in such a manner.Normal Sex Activistnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-652367040467201849.post-62981856095983846092016-07-06T13:48:30.703-07:002016-07-06T13:48:30.703-07:00http://cce.yalecollege.yale.edu/howtohelp-uwc#vide...<a href="http://cce.yalecollege.yale.edu/howtohelp-uwc#video10" rel="nofollow">http://cce.yalecollege.yale.edu/howtohelp-uwc#video10</a><br /><br />Watch the video above. These are the wealthy and privileged student specialists in sexual misconduct. Perhaps they've been directly trained and supported by Melanie Boyd, and others at Yale. It's their job to usher the accuser to a hopeful victory while violating as few due process rights as possible. <br /><br />The University Wide Committee is their sexual misconduct tribunal--not a sex crime tribunal as such since college "sex crime" isn't officially a crime, right Liz?<br /><br />Look at these people. Listen to them. Observe their self-righteousness, or am I reading it simply because they're ridiculously wealthy and privileged? I admit some disdain for them. I can't help it.<br />CharleneChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15250348486612186230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-652367040467201849.post-7609744683383158772016-07-05T19:18:48.400-07:002016-07-05T19:18:48.400-07:00Lid blown off the serial rapist myth--the study is...Lid blown off the serial rapist myth--the study is a hoax!<br /><br />Reason.Com does it again.<br /><br /><a href="http://reason.com/archives/2015/07/28/campus-rape-statistics-lisak-problem" rel="nofollow">http://reason.com/archives/2015/07/28/campus-rape-statistics-lisak-problem</a>Elizabeth Brodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11685452125287825479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-652367040467201849.post-70818676756333606562016-07-02T11:53:17.271-07:002016-07-02T11:53:17.271-07:00https://callmemiss.com/2013/06/14/i-said-yes-and-i...<a href="https://callmemiss.com/2013/06/14/i-said-yes-and-i-meant-yes-but-dean-boyd-told-me-its-not-what-i-meant-im-confused/" rel="nofollow">https://callmemiss.com/2013/06/14/i-said-yes-and-i-meant-yes-but-dean-boyd-told-me-its-not-what-i-meant-im-confused/</a><br /><br />In case anyone doubts the connection between Melanie Boyd and the ASH bunch:<br /><br />"This year’s exciting twist on the perennially crowd-pleasing topic broaches the hitherto unexplored realm collegiate sexuality where not only does “no” mean “no,” but so too do “yes,” “by all means,” “ok,” and “let’s go to it.” We have entered the land of low self-esteem, and something must be done before one more chick afflicted with this terrible malady cheerfully suggests to her boyfriend that they get it on. Because you see, she isn’t really in the mood: it’s her low esteem making that booty call.<br /><br />You think I’m making this stuff up? Well, I’m not. See: Beyond Rape Prevention by reporter Allie Grasgreen in June 5’s Inside Higher Ed.<br /><br />Allie picks up the story as Melanie Boyd, a scholar on gender issues and assistant dean of student affairs at Yale University, opines<br /><br />“It’s important for us to shift our core focus away from targeting just sexual violence to thinking about consensual sex,” Boyd said, “and shift from a strategy of saying, ‘Here’s the problem we must address,’ to fostering ideals.”<br /><br />“That separation is not accurate — it’s not accurate to the experience of our students or to the research that we have in the field, and I also don’t think it’s terribly useful,” Boyd said. <b>“Sexual violence is really closely tied to consensual sex.”</b>Elizabeth Brodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11685452125287825479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-652367040467201849.post-77251205793694995232016-07-02T11:11:36.952-07:002016-07-02T11:11:36.952-07:00A Few Notes on Anti-humanist Sex Hating
The emanc...A Few Notes on Anti-humanist Sex Hating<br /><br />The emancipation and empowerment of American women past, present and future does not depend on any socially toxic outgrowths of belief or philosophy stemming from anti-humanist sex haters like Dworkin or Mackinnon ("Male sexuality is apparently activated by violence against women and expresses itself in violence against women.."); but their descendants--grown and nurtured to a nervous hateful mass by social media and women's studies programs that unrelentingly encourage misandry--are not only reaffirming just such philosophy but stepping further to tool and lever it into actual Affirmative Consent laws and rules, creating in effect an endless set of sex violations and stage-based infractions that miraculously never have to be clearly defined by legislation, or even a college manual. <br /><br />For these rules and laws to be effective and true to their "ASH agenda" they must of necessity be defined on the fly by the accusers and their faculty team of supporters (pushing for conviction to satisfy the DOJ or lose federal funding), and that's simply because every extended act of sexual behavior between two people possesses its own dynamic, circumstances, and unique form of escalation. <br /><br />Real life translation of AC language into a galaxy of potential offensives matched with actual punitive measures by college sex tribunals must therefore remain sculptable, in a state of perpetual morph in order to suit the circumstances of the moment that require the "offender" be found guilty of "sexual violence" relevant to the particular du jour circumstance. Again, see the quote from the American Law Institute in the thread above. <br /><br />"Prior Consent" for any single act or sub-act (however that comes to be defined) related to a night or even a long weekend of varied sexual behaviors can quite easily be "withdrawn" months after the fact and thereby ignite the engine of automatic accusation and tribunal prosecution. <br /><br />And whose agenda does this serve? Follow the agenda, gals and guys. <br />Follow the agenda. <br /><br />Elizabeth Brodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11685452125287825479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-652367040467201849.post-50741379785987928272016-06-30T18:31:11.719-07:002016-06-30T18:31:11.719-07:00The push for affirmative consent on college campus...The push for affirmative consent on college campuses is a first step before attempting to roll it out on the general adult population. It failed in the ALI, as you say, but they're not done. Feminist lobbyists and pressure groups will continue to press legislators just like they pushed Jerry Brown for minimum sentencing for college affirmative consent infractions, relabeled acts of sexual violence. It's a part of a power grab under the guise of protecting women.<br /><br />If only they could throw the U.S. Constitution out the window then courts would happily condemn any accused who deprived of due process and who can't prove they didn't do something.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-652367040467201849.post-87072901515928450142016-06-30T06:07:20.151-07:002016-06-30T06:07:20.151-07:00I couldn't agree more, Liz. The kind of absur...I couldn't agree more, Liz. The kind of absurd affirmative consent hair-splitting that goes on during these college sex hearings more often than not focuses on the alleged perp and alleged victim attempting to affirm or disprove a single act of sex during a whole night of ongoing sex and drinking, and four to six months later in some cases. It's just plain ridiculous. <br /><br />The media attention on these cases even now is making it harder for us to be taken seriously, as you say.<br /><br /><br /><br />CharleneChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15250348486612186230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-652367040467201849.post-64183030205196858702016-06-29T11:48:53.539-07:002016-06-29T11:48:53.539-07:00And this is a must read on this issue :
http://pr...And this is a must read on this issue :<br /><br /><a href="http://prospect.org/article/sex-lies-and-justice" rel="nofollow">http://prospect.org/article/sex-lies-and-justice</a><br /><br />By Nancy GertnerElizabeth Brodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11685452125287825479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-652367040467201849.post-54301593993441774402016-06-29T11:09:08.453-07:002016-06-29T11:09:08.453-07:00BTW, a new and scathing indictment of the hostile ...BTW, a new and scathing indictment of the hostile anti-speech atmosphere fostered by the proponents of Affirmative Consent on campus:<br /><br /><a href="https://www.aaup.org/report/history-uses-and-abuses-title-ix" rel="nofollow">https://www.aaup.org/report/history-uses-and-abuses-title-ix</a><br /><br />"Specifically, this report identifies the following areas as threats to the academic freedom essential to teaching and research, extramural speech, and robust faculty governance:<br /><br />- The failure to make meaningful distinctions between conduct and speech or otherwise distinguish between hostile environment sexual harassment and sexual assault.<br /><br />- The use of overly broad definitions of hostile environment to take punitive employment measures against faculty for protected speech in teaching, research, and extramural speech. <br /><br />- The tendency to treat academic discussion of sex and sexuality as contributing to a hostile environment.<br /><br />- The adoption of lower evidentiary standards in sexual harassment hearings, i.e. the “preponderance of evidence” instead of the “clear and convincing” standard.<br /><br />- The increasing corporatization of the university, which has framed and influenced universities’ implementation of Title IX.<br /><br />- The failure to address gender inequality within a broader assessment of its relationship to race, class, sexuality, disability, and other dimensions of social inequalities. <br /><br />Melanie, can we hear from you? This is your world. Perhaps you should ask your young minions to tone it down a bit, huh? For the sake of civilized society and for women everywhere suffering from actual sexual assault and intimidation? Your bands of screeching harpies finding "hostile environment" and "consent violations" everywhere they look is making it really hard for the rest of us to be taken seriously.<br />Elizabeth Brodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11685452125287825479noreply@blogger.com