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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."
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(Score: 0, Flamebait) by qzm on Tuesday August 07 2018, @06:36AM (2 children)
Signaled enough virtue yet?
Pretty poor attempt really, but hey,I guess you feel you have to.
By the way, by such modern standards or is quite likely your father sexually assaulted your mother repeatedly, and your grandfather probably actively raped your grandmother..
Of course that is because some definitions have been moved a long way lately by a certain small group..
I don't even have to be right these days, arrive accusation is proof.
I hope you are making reperations for your families past history of sexual violence..
(Score: 3, Insightful) by takyon on Tuesday August 07 2018, @07:42AM (1 child)
Triggered much? I don't "virtue signal". I am just pointing out the obvious. There is a lot of sexual harassment that is going on and has been going on for a long time. You can argue about why the blowback #MeToo movement suddenly blew up in 2017. For example, dead tree media amplified it by running the stories. Or it was spread because people are angry at Trump. But #MeToo is part of a new tradition of Internet rage. That's why it is inevitable. People who would have normally stayed quiet have an easy outlet to get pissed off on.
Unnamed sources have been a thing for a long time. Now unproven sexual harassment/assault accusations are hot. Because when people are talking about incidents that happened to them 5, 10, 20 years ago, they most likely aren't going to have any proof. But they can use their name recognition or soapbox to drag someone else's name through the mud.
Of course, there are also a lot of anonymous accusers, whose stories are harder to "verify". You can hardly blame them for staying anonymous. We all know what's going to happen when you publicly accuse a celebrity, sports star, politician, or famed astrophysicist of sexual assault. You're going to get any publicly known account you have clogged with death threats and other bullshit, and you may lose your job. Because that has been the pattern for years now.
In Krauss's case, the pileup of accusers is happening. Where there's smoke, there's often fire. But he has it pretty good since it's doubtful that anyone can producing convincing evidence of criminal activity. He's old enough to retire and stop giving a shit.
The less convincing cases are more obvious. Take the example of Aziz Ansari. Lone accuser, no 50-accuser pileup. The writeup appears on a site nobody's ever heard of. The actual allegations are lame and undermined by the fine details. Aziz was slightly damaged, but will come out of it strong. Others have managed to scrape by, maybe issuing a half-hearted apology or denial and waiting until it blows over.
OP AC offers some good advice about being wary of others. Maybe that means specifically being wary of women in your case, and depending on your situation, you may go as far as to become a MGHOW or volcel. And women are almost certainly at an advantage in a divorce or child custody scenario. But don't cry too hard about #MeToo. You are looking at the new normal. Adapt or die, at least until we make it to "the next stage".
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 07 2018, @11:34PM
That certainly doesn't stop many universities from suspending or expelling people accused of sexual harassment/assault and using Title IX as an excuse.