tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post4752425914796994935..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: I WonderAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-59394242502629690662015-03-27T00:22:18.390-04:002015-03-27T00:22:18.390-04:00bsking--it makes you a bit nostalgic for the old-f...bsking--it makes you a bit nostalgic for the old-fashioned kind of priest, doesn't it? Someone who knew how to be kind, but would still lay down the law and call someone on his BS. Kind of like my idea of an ideal AA sponsor, something I admittedly am familiar with only via Hollywood.Texan99https://www.blogger.com/profile/10479561573903660086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-83594476205564075812015-03-26T19:10:44.490-04:002015-03-26T19:10:44.490-04:00Peter Drucker, who grew up in Vienna, challenged t...Peter Drucker, who grew up in Vienna, challenged the Freud-derived idea that it had been a place of sexual repression. The Viennese were mostly pretty free and easy about sex, said Drucker, what they were repressed about was money (everyone afraid of sliding into poverty)....BUT there was an important exception. Women who had grown up in conservative rural areas, and found themselves in the highly-sexualized social whirl of Vienna, did, according to Drucker, often exhibit hysterical symptoms.<br /><br />Perhaps a parallel on today's campuses?David Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15464681514800720063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-72513388196700403512015-03-26T06:05:35.277-04:002015-03-26T06:05:35.277-04:00I agree that folks will gravitate towards this stu...I agree that folks will gravitate towards this stuff if they've been assaulted. The other interesting and more disturbing trend we've seen is that those who are damaged in some <i>other</i> way end up liking these groups as well. In all of the most public false accusation cases, it seems that no one in the group thought it was their job to question the stories they were hearing.<br /><br />Now, in a support group, it's really not your job to question. If you take a look at Jackie at UVA though, it appears her story was changing, people were uncomfortable with it, and no one did anything. It's a tricky spot.<br /><br />Oddly, the best parallel I can think of is the church. You have a group of people together who are trying to be kind to each other and provide a place that people feel welcome. Sociopaths and personality disorders like places like that. I've seen many churches struggle with how to cope with such members, and seen many people enable bad behavior because they thought they were helping. The social dynamics of being a kind and welcoming place while screening for very disordered behavior is tough, and I haven't seen many places get it right. <br /><br />Social dynamics aside, when you hit the legal realm, it really just boils down to what James said.bs kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02871717971078952304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-34075044187319721792015-03-26T03:03:11.247-04:002015-03-26T03:03:11.247-04:00The problem is that they are given way too much at...The problem is that they are given way too much attention. Title IX has been twisted to force educational institutions to respond vigorously to any hint of sexual discrimination or perceived victimization. There is also a small but politically important constituency of the Democratic Party that lives on this.Roy Lofquisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16536815900678298041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-64696694374122427472015-03-25T20:08:34.471-04:002015-03-25T20:08:34.471-04:00"Hard cases make bad law" is a good rule..."Hard cases make bad law" is a good rule, even if it seems uncaring.jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01792036361407527304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-59897503490526608412015-03-24T20:44:41.765-04:002015-03-24T20:44:41.765-04:00I have heard of an extremely nasty brand of femini...I have heard of an extremely nasty brand of feminism that claims that all sex is rape even if consensual. The Mad Sopranohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06310574598406502941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-26179619418179074822015-03-24T18:21:29.061-04:002015-03-24T18:21:29.061-04:00I wonder if those are simply the ones who make the...I wonder if those are simply the ones who make the news. As the fall guys in these scenarios are often "drunken frat guys," or men who kept going out with women who once turned them in, I can't give them big adulthood points either.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-55546457485434851482015-03-24T14:57:17.279-04:002015-03-24T14:57:17.279-04:00In theory, one will grow into adulthood in college...In theory, one will grow into adulthood in college. Some, and it appears to be mostly women, don't like that idea even one teeny-tiny bit. Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.com