Professor Says Male Student’s Paper Was So Triggering She Thought He Was Her Rapist

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Professor Says Male Student’s Paper Was So Triggering She Had Trouble Distinguishing Him From Her Rapist

https://heatst.com/culture-wars/prof...om-her-rapist/

A feminist professor said she was so triggered by a male student’s paper that “I began to have trouble distinguishing him from the man that [raped me].”

Writing anonymously in Inside Higher Ed, the professor described a lesson on rape culture she included in her gender class, saying she was frustrated with male students skeptical that it exists.

But one male student’s paper left her “thrown back into a pit of traumatic, fragmented memories,” she wrote.

The student cited a men’s rights advocacy group, referenced a case where a woman raped a man, questioned whether feminism was relevant, and said that concerns about gender inequality were overblown.

The professor thought the paper was not well sourced, and that the argument wasn’t sufficiently supported. But that wasn’t all.

“As I went over his paper,” she wrote, “I realized that I was reading a paper that sounded word for word like something the man who raped me would say. And not only did this sound like something my rapist would say, this student fit the same demographic profile as him: white, college male, between the ages of 18 and 22.”

She said she was so upset that she could no longer grade papers or read.

“Although I knew it was unlikely that this student would literally try to rape me, his words felt so familiar that I began having trouble distinguishing him from the man that did. Their words were so frighteningly similar that the rational-instructor side of my brain could not overpower the trauma-survivor side,” the professor wrote.

She recounts screaming “Zero! You get a f*cking zero!” at the computer screen as she graded the student’s two-page paper, saying that she also felt that simply by writing the paper, he had undermined her authority as an instructor.

“I imagined him sitting on the other side of his computer screen laughing at my pain, joking about my distress,” she wrote. “I imagined him being friends with my rapist (though the man who raped me is now significantly older than this student, he is frozen in the 18-22 age bracket in my mind).”

She says never received any training to guide her through “how to grade a paper that sounds like something my rapist would say,” speculating that other professors who survived rape might also be similarly triggered.

“How, I wondered, could I possibly evaluate this student’s work in an ‘unbiased’ fashion?” she asked. “Such a request would involve me living an entirely different life than the one that I have had.”

[LaserSharkDFB]

And?
/10char

[Spectral]

Sounds like yet another example of how rape hysteria culture is much more common than rape culture.

The only plausible argument for ridiculous departments like this existing is that they're wildly profitable - no actual resources or expertise are necessary, but you can bilk kids out of a ton of money and get gigantic federal subsidies for them all the same. If you want to expand your biophysics department, you're going to need real expertise and serious equipment and you don't really get to charge any more than for classes that are just ridiculous angst fests.

[INVASMANIXOXOXO]

Glad she admitted she is biased/traumatized... although she shouldn't ask how she can grade the paper without bias and maybe let a colleague grade it.

[Aeula]

She needs sacking. She's clearly mentally unstable and belongs in a place suited for mentally unstable people. Not a classroom.

[Skroe]

So we've successfully moved from outrage at professors at universities we don't go to and probably haven't heard of, to entirely anonymous professors. Let me solve this:

Somewhere out there there is an anonymous dumbass.

Move along citizens. Move along.

[LoLcano]

Gonna leave this here
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[Raunchy]

Why not just be pro feminism in the gender class, sounds like an easy A to boost gpa

[Wyrt]

Rape is a very traumatic experience. It sounds like she never sought professional help to help her deal with it. Would probably be a good idea for her to take some leave and see a therapist.

[Rudkobing]

Wow, what a a pathetic bitch.

[Deleted]

So we've successfully moved from outrage at professors at universities we don't go to and probably haven't heard of, to entirely anonymous professors. Let me solve this:

Somewhere out there there is an anonymous dumbass.

Move along citizens. Move along.

You do get that this was published?
The sane response would have been to reject this as the outlandish fucking nonsense it is.
That's why this is important, its like your ongoing crusade against Trump, these movement's, and fields of study needs to have as much merit as astrology.
Every time people hear 'gender studies' 'feminism' 'rape culture' society needs to think 'astrology' 'Phlogiston' 'Luminiferous aether'.

[Dhrizzle]

And?
/10char

Just Xarim reminding us that PTSD can have a powerful effect on people's lives, that "being triggered" is more than a silly meme and whilst we may find the term "trigger warning" unnecessary or even silly for some people it can help them manage their mental illness.

Edit: of course this thread is going to be full of people who think PTSD is either hilarious or makes them angry. Stay classy MMO-C.

[Spectral]

So we've successfully moved from outrage at professors at universities we don't go to and probably haven't heard of, to entirely anonymous professors. Let me solve this:

Somewhere out there there is an anonymous dumbass.

Move along citizens. Move along.

Do you think there's any merit to concerns that much of academia is a festering cesspool of pseudo-intellectual garbage?

I basically share your view that people should stop with the "OMG I can't even" every time they encounter [bad thing] that was done by [outgroup member]. It's not constructive, it doesn't actually impact them, and it's intellectual empty calories. That said, I have some serious reservations about dismissing the degeneracy of universities.

[Sky High]

Mhm, good for her I guess.

[Spectral]

...this student fit the same demographic profile as him: white, college male, between the ages of 18 and 22.”

This part is pretty funny. A white, college male between the ages of 18 and 22? Attending a college? What the fucking odds? I never would have thought!

If this is a group that she's deeply uncomfortable with, college is probably not a great place for her to be employed.

[Dhrizzle]

I basically share your view that people should stop with the "OMG I can't even" every time they encounter [bad thing] that was done by [outgroup member].

Seriously? It feels like this sums up pretty much all of your posts.

[stevenho]

1. survive a rape and try to heal
2. include "lesson on rape culture" in your curriculum
3. become shocked that your memories come back
4. ???

[Spectral]

Seriously? It feels like this sums up pretty much all of your posts.

OK man, you got me

[GodlyBob]

Isn't this the intended use of "triggered?" Things that cause you to relive an incredibly traumatic experience. The professor did have the sense of mind to recognise her behavior was not only irrational, but inappropriate. That's more than I can say about a lot of people who justify bias by saying everybody is biased instead of "oh, maybe I should stop."

[Deleted]

She probably shouldn't be working in a position where she can affect how others fare in their studies. She's unfit to be in such a position.