Comments on: Domestic Violence: A Laughing Matter!

By: kithkin

kithkin — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:17:55 +0000

Oh my god JD I want to buy you a drink. That teacher evaluation form is brilliant. BELIEVES LAW IS NEUTRAL HAHAHAHAHA. Oh dear lord. I’ve talked to you about this a little bit before, but um you’re right, not every law class is like the glorious one I took. I should have listened better.

Sarah, this guy is disgusting. So vile. How much longer is this class? Not more than a month, right?

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By: Ariel

Ariel — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 22:17:35 +0000

You can always go over the head of academics and take it straight to Human Resources. At my school, anything brought to Human Resources is taken seriously. Those people don’t play around with discriminatory issues.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 12:54:49 +0000

@Blondegrlz: Hmm. That is a good point, you’re right in that newspapers don’t usually post articles or even letters to the Editor without knowing a name and even address.
Something to consider for Sarah though: Even the fact of recording this prof, meeting with the ombudswoman (I would have arranged a meeting with the president of the university as well) and presenting your “evidence” with the threat to go public is a step.
Another round a bout way to “leak” the info- is to present the recordings to your local women’s shelter and see if they want to go public with it- not you.

By: RocktheDebit

RocktheDebit — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 02:43:52 +0000

But why does it have to be The Washington Post? Why not the Washington City Paper? I’m sure it’s well-read by the younger D.C. crowd — or for that matter, what about asking Jezebel or Feministing, or if we want to be more discreet, having someone from there send it to Spencer Ackerman or Pandagon or Feministe?

It sucks that you’re not on quarters, though. If you were, then you could just wait until winter quarter grades were in (March) and go public.

By: SkipToMyLou

SkipToMyLou — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 02:16:15 +0000

What a fucking twat. Even Harvey Mansfield never sunk that low.

I empathise *hard* with your silence, and your response that you can’t know what you’ll do til it happens to you. I am haunted by an undergrad history class in which a professor asked for a show of hands as to who’s a feminist. *crickets in the classroom*. After a pause, and an aborted attempt to ask “what do you mean?” before trailing off, I then raised my hand. And then one other guy did. And then nothing. That was ten years ago and it kills me even now. Why did I not shoot my hand in the air? Why was I embarrassed to be alone? Why did I want that shameful f-word quantified?

Gah. I hate still this man.

By: keshmeshi

keshmeshi — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 00:15:29 +0000

I’d like to analyze the number of scrotum twists it takes to get that guy to do the dishes.

By: Blondegrlz

Blondegrlz — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 00:13:44 +0000

I know everyone’s really excited about this media story idea but I’m afraid it may be harder than you think. The “local paper” around there is the Washington Post and getting a them to run a story is more difficult than just writing a letter to the editor. They’d probably refuse to run any accusation without proof and the chances that a fellow student recorded that lecture aren’t very high. On top of that, if this guy makes a habit of being “controversial” and is a frequent guest of everyone’s favorite ridiculous-offensive-statement-making radio host, I’m afraid a domestic violence joke is probably not even the worst thing this guy has ever said. And the other statements might be on tape. I even doubt GMU would be upset, considering how eager they are for publicity.

Yeah, I’m a total Debbie Downer. I still think reporting the “joke” is the right thing to do, but the ombudsman may be your best hope.

By: jdregent

jdregent — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 22:29:33 +0000

sarah i have a recording device if you want to borrow.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 22:24:53 +0000

YES YES! Diziet_Sma has the right idea- “borrow” notes. I know that it is common practice to bring laptops to lectures (to take notes of course!) and lots of laptops have recording devices built in (well MAC’s do for sure).