RADAR Alert: Stanford Law School Promotes Feminist Hate Speech

Did you know that “aggression against women” represents a war, and that “the domestic criminal laws are so under-enforced that they can be considered not there.” The speaker further explained, “International law doesn’t capture the reality that half of society is attacking the other half. This is a real war that has gone on for millennia.”

It’s hard to imagine a speech that is more inflammatory or hateful than the one that Catherine MacKinnon gave at Stanford Law School last week. The speech was sponsored by Women of Stanford Law and the Institute for Research on Women and Gender.

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Most people would dismiss MacKinnon’s comments as the sad rantings of a deranged or warped mind. But Carol Li, a second-year law student, praised MacKinnon’s speech as “thought-provoking” and incisive. And Stanford Daily reporter Ronald Chan did not bother to research any statistics that would challenge or dispute MacKinnon’s misguided statements.

The dean of the Stanford Law School, Katherine Sullivan, only had words of praise for MacKinnon’s contributions to women’s liberation: “There are many other prominent feminist theorists in our times, but none of their philosophy is as sweeping and profound as MacKinnon’s.”

In response to MacKinnon’s disturbing diatribe, columnist Cathy Young had this to say:

“Anyone who blamed African-Americans as a group for violent crimes committed by black perpetrators, or Arabs or Muslims as a group for radical Islamic terrorism, would be branded a bigot – and rightly so.”

We whole-heartedly agree.

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Contact the Stanford Daily and Katherine Sullivan and tell them the following:

1. Catherine MacKinnon’s speech is oblivious to the fact that women are just as likely as men to commit domestic violence. [http://www.mediaradar.org/media_fact_sheet.php]
2. Reporter Ronald Chan published MacKinnon’s over-the-top allegations without making any attempt to assure balanced, objective, or responsible journalism.
3. Blaming men as a group for domestic violence against women is misguided and hateful, and represents gender bigotry.

Here’s the contact information:

1. Stanford Daily:

Editor in Chief:

Telephone: 650-725-2100, Ext. 501

E-mail: eic-at-daily.stanford.edu.

Letters to the editor: letters-at-daily.stanford.edu

Snail mail:

The Stanford Daily

Storke Publications Building Suite 101

Stanford CA 94305-2240

2. Katherine Sullivan, Dean of the Stanford School of Law

Telephone: 650-725-9875

E-mail: sullivan-at-law.stanford.edu

MacKinnon’s remarks represent hate speech, plain and simple. We can’t let this pass unnoticed.

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Date of RADAR Release: April 24, 2005

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Respecting Accuracy in Domestic Abuse Reporting (RADAR) is a coalition of men and women working to assure media balance and accuracy in coverage of the domestic violence issue. More information can be found at: http://www.mediaradar.org/.

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