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[Dave Kennedy <>]

Hi Liz--

Thank you for the kind words. I actually think that a *good* judicial board is really valuable as an option for victims, but unfortunately most aren't that good. When I used to work in judicial affairs I created a victim-centered training (e.g. one that asks "what was reasonable for him to think" asked "what was reasonable for her to think") and I still scrambled to keep the "boys will be boys" board members off the panel. 

I think the part that really got me was the "feminist" part being used to somehow make it seem like "even as a feminist I think the system is unfair" without having to actually use any feminist theory to demonstrate how her article in any way supports her claim.

Best,

Dave

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On Apr 18, 2013, at 9:51 AM, Liz Seccuro wrote:

Agree, Dave.  Excellent posting.  Ms. Grossman indeed misses all of the points you so deftly point out.  And to denounce VAWA and Title IX just because her son suffered so mightily - no.  This is why we need to move away from these tribunals (I speak as a survivor) and keep these cases where they belong - with Police, in the Courts.  

To be so jejeune as to not recognize that a prior consensual relationship never negates the possibility of sexual assault is horrifying and that the Wall Street Journal has given her a huge platform (not as a feminist or mother, but as an attorney, really) to once again throw the shades of victim-blaming and not believing those who report is frightening.  It will just poison an already jaded American society where we don't believe, we shame, etc.  And great timing for the WSJ in light of the two very prominent gang-rape suicide victims in Canada and America, and this close on the heels of Steubenville.

I would have like for her to have gone all in and named said college.  Why not?

On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 9:32 AM, Dave Kennedy <> wrote:

Hello all--

I wrote a blog post responding to the article in yesterday's Wall Street Journal regarding the way sexual assault is handled on campus. I'd love to hear your thoughts. http://cjcdave.wordpress.com/2013/04/18/response_to_wall_street_journal/. The worst part is that I actually believe there are many problems with the judicial system. Ms. Grossman just misses all of them. 

I hope all is well.

Best,

Dave 

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