Don’t be silly, ladies, you think this will work? No one listens to a bunch of angry gals, it’s not ladylike! Let the Serious Menz explain what we should think:
The National Organization for Women is urging The Washington Post to drop George Will’s column after he downplayed the prevalence of campus sexual assault and suggested some college efforts to curb it “make victimhood a coveted status.”
Will has received harsh criticism over his June 7 syndicated column, in which he cited the response to “the supposed campus epidemic of rape, aka ‘sexual assault'” as an example of how when colleges “make victimhood a coveted status that confers privileges, victims proliferate.”
The column has drawn complaints from numerous women’s rights groups and prompted National Organization for Women President Terry O’Neill to call for Will’s ouster Tuesday.
“George Will needs to take a break from his column and The Washington Post needs to take a break from his column, they need to dump him,” O’Neill told Media Matters in a phone interview Tuesday afternoon. “It is actively harmful for the victims of sexual assault when that kind of man writes a piece that says to assault victims, ‘it didn’t happen and if it did happen you deserve it.’ That re-traumatizes victims. I can’t believe that Mr. Will has had this experience if he would put out such a hateful message.”
“We want him to back off and we want The Washington Post to stop carrying his column.”
O’Neill later added, “That is absolutely the kind of further attack on victims that just does such extraordinary harm … The media blaming women for the horrific rape of violence against women and sexual assault it is really shameful.”
NOW’s request follows a similar call for Will’s departure from the women’s rights group UltraViolet, which launched a petition drive to remove Will.
Post Editorial Page Editor Fred Hiatt defended Will’s column, issuing this statement to Media Matters:
George Will’s column was well within the bounds of legitimate debate. I welcomed his contribution, as I welcome the discussion it sparked and the responses, some of which we will be publishing on our pages and website. This is what a good opinion site should do. Rather than urge me to silence a viewpoint they disagree with, I would urge others also to join the debate, and to do so without mischaracterizing the original column.
Yeah, Fred. Rape survivors who don’t see any benefit or privilege as a result of “claiming victimhood status” are just disagreeing with a viewpoint of that old lying shitstirrer George Will. All’s well in the Village, sleep tight.
There’s a reason people don’t take your paper gossip rag seriously.
Not only has George Will become a creature of Rupert Murdoch, but so has the Washington Post. That gradual shift toward the Right can be laid at the feet of Bob Woodward. Take a look at Hiatt’s resume.
jeff brezos probably agrees with Will.
it is in line with his management style at amozon where it appears as though the dominant idea is that workers who get injured working in warehouses are just trying to become new heros to the working class.
or that staff who want to have a life are just seeking victimhood status.