Posted on 05/09/2018 6:25:43 PM PDT by BBell
"In my view, this is not only a frivolous complaint but one that is damaging to serious issues of discrimination and misogyny."
Students on the campus of Merrimack College. –Jim Davis / The Boston Globe, File
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A male political theory professor said Friday he won’t apologize to a female gender studies professor for a joke about “ladies’ lingerie” he made while both were riding in a crowded elevator. The public spat comes amid heightened sensitivity to sexual misconduct propelled by the #MeToo movement.
Professor Ned Lebow, who teaches political theory at King’s College London, told The Associated Press that he has refused to apologize because he did nothing wrong and because a complaint filed by Professor Simona Sharoni against him with the International Studies Association is “frivolous.”
Sharoni, a professor of women’s and gender studies at Merrimack College in Massachusetts, said in a complaint she filed last month that she was standing near the elevator at a San Francisco hotel and she offered to press the elevator buttons when Lebow “said with a smile on his face, ‘women’s lingerie’ and all his buddies laughed.”
She said she froze and didn’t confront him. As the men walked out of the elevator, the only other woman in the elevator turned to her and told her maybe they should have spoken up. They said it is no longer acceptable to make such jokes.
“As a survivor of sexual harassment in the academy, I am quite shaken by this incident,” Sharoni wrote.
Hours after the April 5 encounter, she filed a complaint with Mark Boyer, the executive director of ISA, which was hosting the annual conference on international relations studies.
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Ned Lebow should say he’s exploring gender-transition, and therefore has interests in women’s undergarments, and simply was looking for support.
HOW DARE Simona Sharoni attack him and his sexuality-journey in this very anxious time.
Grow up and get a grip, snowflake. I thought it was funny, and I'm a woman. I would have laughed my head off.
While Sharoni is blowing this out of proportion, a gentleman would not have made the comment to begin with.
Going DOWN.....
“Sharoni, a professor of women’s and gender studies at Merrimack College in Massachusetts, said in a complaint she filed last month that she was standing near the elevator at a San Francisco hotel and she offered to press the elevator buttons when Lebow “said with a smile on his face, ‘women’s lingerie’ and all his buddies laughed.””
Friggen HYSTERICAL !!!!
"Second floor, hardware, children's wear, ladies lingerie. Oh,Good morning Mr. Tyler. Going down?"
I guess it is best not to talk at all. But then you would be accused of not being inclusive.
Unless and until we push back on all this PC crap, the lefturds will continue to push their ridiculous ‘I’m offended’ politics of victimization.
These ‘professors’ are NOT doing their charges any favors by coddling their tender sensibilities every time someone smirks at them, or utters something they find offensive.
Life ain’t all participation trophies and safe spaces, snowflakes.
"Dr. Sharoni is a feminist scholar, researcher and public intellectual. Prior to joining Merrimack College, she taught at the State University of New York in Plattsburgh, the Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington, and the American University in Washington, D.C.
Publications:
"Babe-uh-lish-ee-uss"
I always just say “13th floor please,” knowing most high rises don’t have a 13th floor. Most make a move to find it, but only a few search for more than a second or two.
Nope. Nor the old joke about the “Michael Jackson Day Sale”...when little boys pants are half-off ;-)
Haha!
“MeToo” meets “Stand Your Ground”.
Good on ya, Professor for manning up.
Does anyone know of a male gender and women’s studies professor?
Survivor? She makes it sound like she made it off the Titanic before it sank.
Quite shaken by this incident? He made a simple joke about riding an elevator. What kind of fragile "person" is triggered by two simple words that aren't even profane or obscene?
Like you said, perpetually offended. Micro-aggressed. Perceived slight. No sense of humor. Probably doesn't shave her legs or wear deodorant either.
The description of the perfect liberal feminist SJW.
“I am quite shaken by this incident,” Sharoni wrote.”
Shut up and make me a sammich.
L
I read about this the other day. He apologized to her once, but it wasn’t worded exactly the way this witch wanted and she wanted to make a bigger deal out of it.
Good for this guy. Maybe he’s the one that starts
#idoNOTapologize
Leftists have no sense of humor.
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