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A semester of shame

Abstract:
Here's a running link to the various documents involving professors and sexual harassment at the University of Georgia: Office of Legal Affairs documents involving College of Education professor William N. Bender. Bender resignation papers Complaint Fall 2006 Decades of Accusations Division of Morally Impaired Letter, 1988 Division of Morally Impaired Letter, 1991 Complaint , 1989 Complaint, Spring 2006 E-mail about husband E-mails about husband Complaint Summer 2007 William Bender reassignment plan Letter from former student, 2007 Want to read more? Check out the main story on the Bender case....

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posted 4/07/08 @ 7:44 PM EST

I am very disturbed by the emails of Mark Jensen and disappointed that they were downplayed by Mr. Shewmaker in the lecture that he gave to my Psychology of Women class, who called them silly and insignificant. I believe the definition of sexual harassment must be changed on campus to a broader definition in order to curb cases such as this. Women obviously have a different experience on campus than their male colleagues and it is unfair for the university to overlook and excuse professors such as Jensen and Doyle simply because they don't find them in violation of the code. Comments that these professors make affect female students and make for an uncomfortable learning environment. If Shewmaker is the feminist that he claims to be, he will be more proactive in preventing harassment and get rid of these professors instead of protecting them or making excuses.
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posted 4/08/08 @ 11:53 AM EST

Are you proposing that the University define Sexual Harassment that is not in accord with the legal definition? How would the University defend itself against people they find in violation of a policy that fits no case law on the matter?

Further: to make all behavior that you find boorish, reprehensible or in distasteful fit the definition of Sexual Harassment would lead to never ending litigation. Boorishness may be unseemly, but do you really think we should have laws against it?

There is not a legal remedy for every human behavior. Of course, perhaps you would be comfortable in theocratic society. Then, we could punish all malefactors that violate a very tightly worded code of conduct.
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boorish is just an old fashioned "boys will be boys" term for inappropriate. it is the Laws that need to be changed.
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This is what is to be expected from weenie professors and an administration that doesnt care.
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How would the University defend itself against people they find in violation of a policy that fits no case law on the matter?
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To make all behavior that you find boorish, reprehensible or in distasteful fit the definition of Sexual Harassment would lead to never ending litigation. Boorishness may be unseemly, but do you really think we should have laws against it? There is not a legal remedy for every human behavior.
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