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University finds prominent astrophysicist Lawrence Krauss grabbed a woman's breast
An investigation by Arizona State University (ASU) in Tempe concluded this week that high-profile astrophysicist and atheist Lawrence Krauss violated the university's sexual harassment policy by grabbing a woman's breast at a conference in Australia in late 2016.
"Responsive action is being taken to prevent any further recurrence of similar conduct," ASU's executive vice president and provost, Mark Searle, wrote in a 31 July letter to Melanie Thomson, a microbiologist based in Ocean Grove, Australia, who is an outspoken advocate for women in science. Thomson, who witnessed the breast-grabbing incident, received the investigative report from ASU's Office of Equity and Inclusion (OEI) and shared it with Science.
In response to an email asking what specific actions the university is taking, an ASU spokesperson wrote: "Professor Lawrence Krauss is no longer director of Arizona State University's Origins Project, a research unit at ASU. Krauss remains on administrative leave from the university. It is the policy of the university not to comment on ongoing personnel matters."
Lawrence M. Krauss and The Origins Project.
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(Score: 4, Insightful) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday August 07 2018, @02:16PM (1 child)
Sexual assault often is, and should be, a career breaking offense. Yes, grabbing a woman's breasts without permission is sexual assault. Now, stop whining.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 07 2018, @03:51PM
I think we whine because we have also been sexually assaulted (pretty sure there's an AC around here who was sodomized by his da, or maybe an uncle or similar, going off the odd comment he makes sometimes when extremely triggered) and sexually harassed.
Yet when we relate those experiences, we find that they are quickly delegitimized. That AC who was sodomized, well, that was patriarchy and he should join with third wave feminism, even though it has no time for victims of sexual assault who don't have wombs and has nothing to offer him. Instead third wave feminism will tell him to man up.
The incel AC up there should have fucked the girl who sexually assaulted her right on the spot, because it's unpossible that somebody could lack sexual attraction to women or that sexual attention from a woman¹ could possibly constitute sexual assault. She just needs to man up too.
There will be more of us. As feminism succeeds in advancing women to positions of power, those women, being sinners like the rest of us, will seek to display their power with sexual assault and sexual harassment.
We work through the pain in the same way that victims of sexual assault with wombs did before there were a multitude of cultural attitudes and programs in place to help. Our conclusions are not terribly different from some of the victims of sexual assault who have wombs. Because the person who violated us will never be held accountable, especially if they had a womb, we find the only coping mechanism available is extreme suspicion of the resources for people with wombs and the justice too swift for due process they enjoy.
Of course, what we often miss is that the press is running a Narrative here. How many people with wombs will be sexually assaulted today and never see justice? (Not just rhetorical, don't feel like finding the number myself but if somebody has it feel free to post.) Thus we can see the hypocrisy here for what it is. It is nothing but a cynical attempt to drive D team votes in November.
As a side effect, it also has a desired polarizing effect to keep the working class distracted and at their own throats.
And honestly, if we do elect D teamers, will they start dragging gaymers² and brogrammers² and
homosexual menincels through the mud on a daily basis again? Or will their cupidity be appeased for a while?¹ Again, sexual assault is not sexual attention--it's power and mind game--but the SJWs do not understand this when the victim lacks a womb.
² Rhetorically and subliminally excluding lesbians and heterosexual women and accusing all men in those fandoms and professions of homosexuality in a patriarchal context where it is shameful.