Feminist Daily News Wire reports that two women have who allege they were sexually assaulted by University of Colorado (CU) football players in 2001 are asking the federal Court of Appeals to revive their lawsuit against the school for fostering a climate conducive to sexual assault by men athletes. Lawyers for both sides presented arguments [...]
Posted on May 17th, 2007 by Saswat Pattanayak
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The Golf Blog quotes Golf Channel to inform that Todd McCorkle quit his post as head coach of the Georgia women’s golf team after a university investigation into allegations of sexual harassment of the players. Apparently, he’s still employed by Georgia in some other undisclosed position.
According to TGC article, the school investigated the following inappropriate [...]
Posted on May 16th, 2007 by Saswat Pattanayak
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By Astrid Rachelle Fiano, Esq.
I happened across this story in the latest Slate, and I find it relevant both as a story about blogging, and as a very disturbing collateral effect of gender discrimination. Kathy Sierra either disbanded her blog or at least reduced activity on her blog due to repeated attacks against her by [...]
Posted on May 10th, 2007 by Astrid Rachelle Fiano, Esq.
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Ralph Slaughter put on hold amidst questions about sexual harassment policies.
Southern University, the nation’s largest historically black university system, suspended its president with pay Saturday through July 5 and ordered him to cooperate with an investigation into the way sexual harassment charges against a fellow administrator were handled, reports the Associated Press.
Scott Dyer writes for [...]
Posted on May 8th, 2007 by Saswat Pattanayak
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Former sheriff Gary Waters turned himself in to the Sheriff’s Department Thursday night and quickly bonded out. Waters will be in federal court in Norfolk next week where he is accused of making advances on and sexual harrasing a deputy.
“They let him out on good behavior, that he will promise to appear in court,” said [...]
Posted on May 3rd, 2007 by Saswat Pattanayak
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UGA settles harassment lawsuit involving former athletes
The Associated Press
The University of Georgia has reached an out-of-court settlement with a former student who filed a $25 million sexual harassment lawsuit after claiming school officials were slow to respond to an alleged assault involving three athletes.
Tiffany Williams contended the school failed to take action against former [...]
Posted on April 30th, 2007 by Saswat Pattanayak
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In corporate America, decisions are still made on behalf of money, not employees.
Steve McLaughlin, the former president of Tools 4 Hire who has been accused of embezzling more than $1 million company funds has come under fire now. But what is worth mentioning is that he was being protected by the company since a year [...]
Posted on April 19th, 2007 by Saswat Pattanayak
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A Washington State University student paper elaborates on what comprises sexual harassment. Very timely and relevant.
Brielle Schaeffer
The Daily Evergreen
Recently, a friend of mine was telling me that a man she works with consistently tells her about his sexual exploits and fantasies in explicit detail.
This is sexual harassment. On many levels, people do not truly understand [...]
Posted on April 15th, 2007 by Saswat Pattanayak
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