[lbo-talk] Sex Panic at SUNY

[Michael Dawson]

I agree with Snit, and I also would say to Brian that my enlistment in the
feminist brigade is going to trump my pro-sex soldierdom, unless and until
the woman involved comes out and defends the old horndog.  But, if that were
going to happen, why did she file the charges in the first place.  Rape and
quasi-rape are not tolerable.  Rape is and should be a crime and coerced sex
with a student is and should be a greased rail to ex-professordom.


> At 11:04 AM 4/28/2005, BklynMagus wrote:
> >Dear List:
> >
> >I wonder if leftists will be quick to defend this professor
> >or if they will enlist in the anti-sex brigade.
> 
> 
> I don't know what SUNY's policy is exactly, but a private NY university's
> policy was no dating students. I'm gonna guess that, since SUNY's handbook
> for faculty hiring was 4.5 inches thick, full of rules and regs about how
> to avoid violating anti-discrim laws, then they had a very clear law that
> likely said "no dating students." Could be wrong, but if I'm not, I have
> no
> sympathy for the guy.
> 
> One of my students wanted to date me, too. But, there are rules (and they
> are good rules) and I respected them enough to wait til he was no longer a
> student--not just no longer in my class, but graduated from the
> university.
> It's the least any intelligent human being can do, rules or no rules. If,
> by 81, you have not figured out that you have the upper hand in the
> classroom and that responding to their come ons is unprofessional,
> well..... this guy's not too bright and I'm not going to defend him. As a
> SUNY professor, you get training in the policy and you know the rules.
> There's no excuse. I don't care whether he pecked her on the nose or went
> down on her until he got lockjaw. I don't care whether they had missionary
> sex or she rode him hard and put him away wet. I don't care if SUNY says
> it's ok to fuck your student. He's an idiot.
> 
> 
> The rest is a criminal case and the facts need to come out before you can
> make a judgment. In this case, he admits he fucked her. End of story in my
> book. He's an idiot, even if there aren't any rules. He's 81 and unaware
> of
> he said/she said cases like this? He's 81 and unable to see that, gee,
> even
> if consensual, it just might not work out particularly well. Shit happens.
> When you're 81 and married, probably to someone who isn't pleased about
> your affair, it's even more idiotic to decide to fuck your student.
> 
> Kelley
> 
> 
> 
> Kelley
> 
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