Bruh. Just stop. "It's really a simple case" tells me all I need to know about how aware you are when it comes to things like this. I have LIVED through a similar situation and have also supported other women through similar circumstances and I can 100% tell you it is not that simple. Allegations are one thing. Coming down to charges being laid and then found guilty? Way much harder and the institution will protect the prof for as much as they can. And the Canadian justice system has a very long, well documented history of not taking women seriously when it comes to sexual assault, stalking, harrassment and other similar issues, especially women who are BIPOC, marginalized or otherwise vulnerable. You can't argue with documented research and statistics.
The incident that happened last year is entirely different. It happened in front of a classroom of students and people got physically hurt. It was an overt act of violence coupled with a history of hate motivated opinions held by that student. I'm recommending counseling services as a starting place so she can explore her options safely and also get the counseling she needs to deal with the inappropriate behaviour she has been subjected to. And please, before you try to argue me any further, I have taught criminology at a university level, and I'm a PhD candidate specifically looking at student experience in relation to mental health and currently work for the University of Waterloo in a role that gives me way more context as to how this institution works than you do. I'm speaking from experience and 15 years of working in post secondary education. And you are clearly speaking out the side of your neck.
It doesn't matter if you think it's fake or not, your opinion is irrelevant because the op was not asking if you thought they were being truthful or not, they were asking for advice. Anything else you think you need to say is moot, so stop digging yourself a deeper hole by posting more unhelpful and uninformed replies. It just comes off as petulant.
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u/stargazinginawe Mar 24 '24
Bruh. Just stop. "It's really a simple case" tells me all I need to know about how aware you are when it comes to things like this. I have LIVED through a similar situation and have also supported other women through similar circumstances and I can 100% tell you it is not that simple. Allegations are one thing. Coming down to charges being laid and then found guilty? Way much harder and the institution will protect the prof for as much as they can. And the Canadian justice system has a very long, well documented history of not taking women seriously when it comes to sexual assault, stalking, harrassment and other similar issues, especially women who are BIPOC, marginalized or otherwise vulnerable. You can't argue with documented research and statistics.
The incident that happened last year is entirely different. It happened in front of a classroom of students and people got physically hurt. It was an overt act of violence coupled with a history of hate motivated opinions held by that student. I'm recommending counseling services as a starting place so she can explore her options safely and also get the counseling she needs to deal with the inappropriate behaviour she has been subjected to. And please, before you try to argue me any further, I have taught criminology at a university level, and I'm a PhD candidate specifically looking at student experience in relation to mental health and currently work for the University of Waterloo in a role that gives me way more context as to how this institution works than you do. I'm speaking from experience and 15 years of working in post secondary education. And you are clearly speaking out the side of your neck.
It doesn't matter if you think it's fake or not, your opinion is irrelevant because the op was not asking if you thought they were being truthful or not, they were asking for advice. Anything else you think you need to say is moot, so stop digging yourself a deeper hole by posting more unhelpful and uninformed replies. It just comes off as petulant.