There’s been a lot happening on North American campuses with regards to the evolving debate regarding consent, sexual assault, and freedom to discuss gender issues. As a result I have incorporated related information into several pre-existing posts in this blog, including for example:
On the feminist myth of ‘rape culture’
On the issue of consent
On false allegations of sexual assault and/or domestic abuse
Earlier today I read a new article entitled ‘Diagnosed with Liberalism‘. It addresses the peculiar behaviour of social justice warriors (‘SJW’), with special mention being made of the infamous case of ‘The Mattress Girl‘.
Reading that article prompted me to create a new post just dealing with that case, and with some other similar incidents. All of which, it would seem, have either been proven to be false or are widely considered to be highly dubious. I think I am also right in saying that in each case legal action is being pursued by the male accused against the relevant university.
1. Emma Sulkowicz (aka ‘Mattress Girl or ‘Mattress Mule’) – Columbia University, New York
Columbia student: I didn’t rape her (3 February 2015) One of many articles about female university student, Emma Sulkowicz, who carried a mattress all around her campus after claiming she had been raped.
After Cathy Young’s article came the feminist backlash (example), and here is one of the related reddit discussion threads about the case and linked article.
Here are some important words on the issue from COTWA, and another good article that addresses mindset surrounding this episode. And now the accused male student is taking the matter to court. See for example, ‘Lawyers for Emma Sulkowicz’s Alleged Rapist Accuse Her of Misandry‘ (25 June 2015)
But wait there’s more … Emma featured in a sex tape. And then
‘Mattress Girl’ Now Doing Lewd Bondage Performances as New ‘Art Project’ (25 May 2017)
The young man accussed of rape, Paul Nungesser, later sued Columbia University and lost that case (see related Reddit discussion thread here). Further developments are anticipated.
Columbia student: The damage done by ‘Mattress Girl’ (17 June 2016)
Columbia University has settled with the male student accused in the “mattress girl” rape case (16 July 2017)
Not even sexual assault counselor who talked to ‘Mattress Girl’ thinks she was raped (28 July 2017)
The Mattress Girl saga (6 September 2017) A Sargon of Akkad video
2. The Rolling Stone/UVA rape hoax – University of Virginia
‘Fake gang rape’ defamation trial against Rolling Stone journalist Sabrina Rubin Erdely gets ugly (22 October 2016)
Lawyers for Rolling Stone’s “Jackie” may have withheld “Haven Monahan” documents (26 May 2016)
The UVA Story Unravels: Feminist Agitprop and Rape-Hoax Denialism (8 December 2014)
The Rape of Credibility: Feminism’s Agenda and the Jackie Coakley Scandal (9 December 2014)
See also ‘The UVA Case and Rape-Hoax Denial‘ (30 March 2015) and ‘Rebalance the campus sex assault scales‘ (29 March 2015)
Girl who cried UVa. gang rape pretended to be her rapist to win a boy, lawyers say (9 February 2016) with related reddit discussion thread here
3. University of Ottawa
Member of men’s hockey team writes open letter to Allan Rock, and related reddit discussion thread
University of Ottawa Gee-Gees hockey players file $6M lawsuit (13 January 2015)
4. Ched Evans
Why the fallout from the Ched Evans verdict puts all our sons at risk (18 October 2016)
British Soccer Star Ched Evans Found Not Guilty Of Rape After Years Of Abuse From Feminists (17 October 2016)
See also:
Is UNC Campus Rape Heroine Actually a Campus Rape Hoaxer? by Cathy Young (1 May 2017)
Why Hasn’t Jackie Coakley Been Punished For Starting The Biggest Rape Hoax Of The Decade? (16 January 2016) USA
Nightmare on North Avenue (25 November 2015) USA
Another high-profile rape accusation falls apart (5 November 2015)
The Lessons of Stanford’s Sex-Assault-Case Reversal (4 November 2015)
What sort of rape hoaxer are you, feminist? (14 September 2015)
Central Allegation in The Hunting Ground Collapses Under Scrutiny (1 June 2015)
How to deal with false rape allegations (7 April 2015)
Disturbing false rape claim at Purdue University and similar news (February 2015) Reddit mensrights discussion thread with links to various article
Here Are EIGHT Campus Rape Hoaxes Eerily Like The UVA Rape Story (14 December 2014)
Stanford grad students want men accused of rape kicked off campus altogether while the school’s investigation drags on for months, and related reddit discussion thread (4 June 2014)