• 11 months later - Lesbian feminist philosophy professor suspended over

    From Deplorable Redneck@21:1/5 to All on Thu Aug 23 11:11:18 2018
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    Avital Ronell banned from teaching for a year following 11-month
    investigation

    A revered philosophy professor who teaches feminism has been
    suspended by New York University (NYU) over allegations she
    sexually harassed one of her male students.

    Avital Ronell, lauded as “one of the most original, bold and
    surprising” thinkers in modern academia, has been banned from
    teaching for a year following an 11-month investigation.

    Her former student, 34-year-old Nimrod Reitman, accused Ms
    Ronell, 66, of physical and verbal harassment during his time at
    the university.

    Mr Reitman, who is now a visiting fellow at Harvard, claimed Ms
    Ronell repeatedly kissed and touched him, slept in his bed with
    him, demanded he sleep in hers, messaged and called him
    constantly, and refused to work with him if he failed to
    reciprocate.

    According to The New York Times, who saw excerpts of an NYU
    report into the case, Ms Ronell sent emails to her student in
    which she called him “my most adored one”, “sweet cuddly Baby”,
    and “cock-er spaniel”.

    Ms Ronell, who is a lesbian, told the newspaper her behaviour
    towards Mr Reitman, now a married gay man, did not constitute
    harassment.

    Students at the University of Bristol raise £1,500 for cleaner
    so he can go to Jamaica with his wife
    “Our communications — which Reitman now claims constituted
    sexual harassment — were between two adults, a gay man and a
    queer woman, who share an Israeli heritage, as well as a
    penchant for florid and campy communications arising from our
    common academic backgrounds and sensibilities.

    “These communications were repeatedly invited, responded to and
    encouraged by him over a period of three years.”

    Despite being cleared of sexual assault, stalking and
    retaliation, the university upheld the complaint against Ms
    Ronell of sexual harassment.

    The decision by NYU has sparked a complaint from a group of
    international academics, who published an open letter accusing
    Mr Reitman of waging a “malicious campaign” against the
    professor.

    “We testify to the grace, the keen wit, and the intellectual
    commitment of Professor Ronell and ask that she be accorded the
    dignity rightly deserved by someone of her international
    standing and reputation,” they wrote.

    Fuck this bitch. Fire her ass.

    Any heterosexual would already be fired.

    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/feminism- philosophy-professor-suspended-sexual-harassment-avital-ronell- new-york-university-a8492786.html
     

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