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07 May 2009

Ohio Union Activities Board at OSU Sponsoring Misogynist

Women’s Group (at OSU) Demands Cancellation of Rape-Promoter Tucker Max

Sexual Assault Awareness Month has barely come to a close, and already The Ohio State University is choosing to create a hostile environment for women, violating its own non-discrimination policy as well as state and federal law. On Monday, May 11th OSU will be sponsoring the rape-celebrating Tucker Max as a speaker, using OSU students’ dollars. [an example] From a Tucker Max story describing his several-week persistent coercion of a woman into anal sex, “I was going to **** her in the butt and film it without her consent.” Also, from his own website;

My name is Tucker Max, and I am an asshole. I get excessively drunk at inappropriate times, disregard social norms, indulge every whim, ignore the consequences of my actions, mock idiots and posers, sleep with more women than is safe or reasonable, and just generally act like a raging
dickhead.

At the same time The Ohio State University is paying for Tucker Max to come to campus, university officials are telling students that there is "no money" to set up a fund for OSU students who are raped/sexually assaulted. The fund would help cover the high costs of seeking medical attention after such an attack, which can cost survivors hundreds and even thousands of dollars before it's all said and done... So there is money for rape-promoters but not for women?

8 comments:

  1. http://ouab.osu.edu/view_event.aspx?id=401

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  2. What is the pretext for inviting him?

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  3. Most (in)famous writer of our generation? I've never heard of him, nor do I want to claim him.

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  4. http://www.tuckermax.com/

    From the FAQ:
    Q: "Don't you think your page is very sexist/anti-women/misogynistic?"
    A: "This always confuses me. For fucks sake, I originally put up a page dedicated to getting a date; how is that sexist? How in hell does that imply I hate women? I hate a lot of things, (stupid people and Duke basketball, for instance) but nowhere on that list is women. I LOVE women. Now, do I treat some women like shit? Yes, sometimes, but I treat EVERYONE like shit, not just women. Sexism is treating one sex differently from the other(s). I treat people as individuals."

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  5. I have a hard time believing that he has tried to convince dudes to have anal sex with him and film it without their consent.

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  6. can't say i'm surprised.

    i lived on east campus for a year. if i wanted to sleep i'd usually have to turn on music to drown out guys badgering women to come home with them/perform sexual acts.

    i think this type of behavior is endemic to the ohio state university. why wouldn't students invite one of their own to come kid around and tell stories about pressuring women into being sexually humiliated? [which, for those of you keeping track at home, is violence because it has much more to do with power than it does making a loving partner feel good]

    i think the most unfortunate thing is that OSU continually refuses to take more responsibility for greater campus area. we already know that certain streets, houses and bars have reputations for violent sexual behavior. you would think that the incident at four kegs a few years ago would have made the university take a more proactive stance...

    cbus imc is down right now, but here's the google cache of the news story on 4-kegs http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:EFbhz9XL2sgJ:cbusimc.org/node/12883+four+kegs+rape&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=safari

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  7. One time I saw this guy's book in a store and I was confused as to how it got there and that they charged money for it and had more than one copy and how it implied that people have bought it.

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  8. NEW YORK TIMES BEST-SELLING AUTHOR, TUCKER MAX...

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