Sexual Paranoia Comes to Campus - Prof Laura Kipnis Speaks Out

Imnotmrabut · 2017-04-27T18:51:10+00:00

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The culture of sexual paranoia I had originally written about is a "Theology" on campus, and one not confined to the sexual sphere.
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William__F0ster · 2017-04-27T19:43:27+00:00

From Kipnis ... from between about minute 29 and 33:

One argument about the sexual endangerment story is that it complements the political agenda of those running the place ...

... The staffing up in the sexual misconduct area has been enormous it’s, like, there’s an industry devoted to this [ ... ] The notion of victimised female students has been a useful pretext for an enormous transfer of power over our lives, institutions and employers – speaking as a faculty member. Rights can be suspended because students are in danger; resources can be diverted from education to the administration because students are in danger. All this comes wrapped in a vaguely feminist veneer, but if this is what passes for feminism then feminism is broken. What we’re seeing is hard-won rights, namely the rights for women to be treated like consenting adults in erotic matters being relinquished without a peep, traded in for the pleasures of blame and the pipedream of safety.

William__F0ster · 2017-04-27T19:07:15+00:00

This is worth a listen (even if I might have reason to disagree with Kipnis on other matters).

Imnotmrabut · 2017-04-27T19:23:53+00:00

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...one's view of the world, particularly if you are a woman, is going to be radically different if you opt to believe the 1 in 5 stat rather than the 1 in 40 stat.
Before we leave the realm of stats I'll just mention that the one stat you don't hear on campus is the one about the dramatic decline of rape and sexual assault over the last 20 years, off campus and on.
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Title	Sexual Paranoia Comes to Campus - Prof Laura Kipnis Speaks Out
Author	Imnotmrabut
Upvotes	7
Comments	4
Date	April 27, 2017 6:38 PM UTC (9 years ago)
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