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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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