Columbia University sued by male student in ‘Carry that Weight’ rape case

[McCamy Taylor]

103. Her "thesis" was a failure. I would have given it a C. Maybe a B minus for creativity and effort.

It is not entirely her fault that her thesis failed. When we see evidence of a massive societal crime---such as domestic violence or rape or war crimes---it is human nature to want to point a finger at one individual---as if removing one person from society will eliminate the rape culture which promotes and condones these attacks against women and men and children as a form of "self expression" on the part of angry, alienated individuals.

The woman in question should have done a better job with her thesis. If she had, all rapists would be socially indicted, not just one person. And the culture that produces these rapists would be indicted.

Her thesis failed because it ended up with a single scapegoat for a societal problem. And, at its heart, rape is also the process of making one person a scapegoat---in the case of rape, a scapegoat for another person's anger and unhappiness.

Will not comment on the guilt or innocence of the individuals involved. I have no way of knowing that. It is clear that the woman feels violated and betrayed by her school. And now, so does the man. Meaning that Columbia had better lawyer up.