In academia, false claims of rape and harassment are now employed by activists as “tools of social change”

SRSLovesGawker · 2013-12-10T04:51:24+00:00

Damn, this is nice. By coincidence I was having a conversation with someone about the problem of false allegation and the increasing hostility towards men on campus, I think I'll send this link to him and see if he doesn't shift his POV our way a bit.

PierceHarlan · 2013-12-10T04:00:49+00:00

Another great one, Jonathan! Bravo!

stemgang · 2013-12-10T04:50:17+00:00

Are you going to add dates to the other incidents? Frankly, the issue of using false rape claims as a weapon for punishing academic and ideological opponents is terrifying. But in your article, the prominent dating of the 1991 declaration makes the whole issue look like ancient history.

YetAnotherCommenter · 2013-12-10T15:54:57+00:00

An extremely well-written article which showed a remarkable amount of fairness (the part where it was pointed out that whether or not a particular student was a feminist or not wasn't substantiated).

I absolutely approve.

TheCommonManMedia · 2013-12-10T18:27:44+00:00

The title implies these accusations are being used at an institutional level, like schools are specifically endorsing or suggesting this tactic, or like professional academics are primarily responsible. But most of the women discussed are undergraduates, and the oldest false claimant was like 23. I think the title is misleading.

The behavior of these feminists is deplorable, and it's shameful that they were able to get away with it, but to say these stories are indicative of a trend in "academia" is overreaching.

Title	In academia, false claims of rape and harassment are now employed by activists as “tools of social change”
Author	Jonathan_Taylor
Upvotes	95
Comments	14
Date	December 10, 2013 3:56 AM UTC (12 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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