Comments on: Feminists demand let justice be done

By: Z

Thu, 26 May 2011 00:31:04 +0000

@feminist avatar, what a Louisiana cop told me once, correctly pointing out that I was not standing up strongly enough for my rights: “I see a crime scene here. I do not mean to disempower you by saying what I am about to say, but in this crime scene, you are the victim; in police and legal work that is the technical term for what happened to you here.”

By: Feminist Avatar

Feminist Avatar — Wed, 25 May 2011 22:28:19 +0000

I wonder if ‘the accuser’ comes from not wanting to use the word ‘victim’, which has its own problems within feminism because of connotations related to its association with powerlessness and not being able to recover – I know in some circles ‘survivor’ is preferred. But, I agree accuser isn’t a good alternative.

By: Jeremy C. Young

Jeremy C. Young — Wed, 25 May 2011 19:18:18 +0000

Just got the same e-mail from Scarborough. Off to sign the petition in online-petition form!

By: cgeye

cgeye — Wed, 25 May 2011 17:15:02 +0000

You should let them know, ma’am. If they can’t see that lapse, how will the committee hold up when they face individual pressure to back down?

By: Tenured Radical

Tenured Radical — Wed, 25 May 2011 16:42:18 +0000

I think the accuser language is a post-Duke lax development and I agree, don’t like it.

By: Z

Wed, 25 May 2011 06:41:30 +0000

Good petition and good point on vocabulary.