Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsShe created a document to warn women of sexual harassers. It's haunted her ever since.
She created a document to warn women of sexual harassers. Its haunted her ever since.
by Margaret Sullivan April 22
Moira Donegan readily admits that she didnt know what was coming last fall when she briefly posted a crowdsourced document identifying dozens of men in the publishing industry who reportedly had sexually harassed or assaulted women. I was naive, the former New Republic staffer told me by email last week. Donegan, who is 28, intended the shareable spreadsheet titled Sh---y Media Men to be circulated privately as a warning system among a fairly small group of women. It would be a digital version of the way a woman might advise her friends to stay away from someone because hes a creep, or far worse.
Almost immediately, it went viral, and after only 12 hours, Donegan took it down. But in the digital age, it lived on.So did the repercussions.Some of the prominent men it identified were fired or disciplined after their employers did internal investigations. Among them: literary critic Leon Wieseltier at the Atlantic and Lorin Stein, editor of the Paris Review. (Wieseltier apologized; Stein acknowledged disrespectful behavior.)
. . . . .
Donegan explained, months ago, her original intention. The anonymous, crowd-sourced document was a first attempt at solving what has seemed like an intractable problem: how women can protect ourselves from sexual harassment and assault, Donegan in January wrote in the Cut, an online subset of New York. She identified herself as the creator of the spreadsheet in that piece because she had reason to believe, after receiving questions from a magazine fact-checker, that Roiphes piece was going to name her. (Roiphe has contested that.) In her exchange with me, Donegan further explained her reasoning: Existing reporting channels too often serve to protect the accused, disappear complaints, and further punish women for coming forward.
Was the spreadsheet unfair to the named men when the contributing women wanted anonymity? Has the whole thing gone too far? Ill put myself squarely on Team Donegan. Yes, she was naive about keeping her document circulating quietly as a warning mechanism. But her intentions were righteous and her fears well-founded about what often happens to women who report their truths. I know of no cases in which men were disciplined solely because of their appearance on the spreadsheet. If it forced employers to look into long-standing situations and take action, so be it. If it caused a great many men to be put on guard and hence more respectful in their dealings with female colleagues thats all to the good.
. . . .
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/she-created-a-document-to-warn-women-of-sexual-harassers-its-haunted-her-ever-since/2018/04/20/a39f9fa8-44a0-11e8-8569-26fda6b404c7_story.html?utm_term=.c3c5c536b8de
InfoView thread info, including edit history
TrashPut this thread in your Trash Can (My DU » Trash Can)
BookmarkAdd this thread to your Bookmarks (My DU » Bookmarks)
6 replies, 864 views
ShareGet links to this post and/or share on social media
AlertAlert this post for a rule violation
PowersThere are no powers you can use on this post
EditCannot edit other people's posts
ReplyReply to this post
EditCannot edit other people's posts
Rec (12)
ReplyReply to this post
6 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
She created a document to warn women of sexual harassers. It's haunted her ever since. (Original Post)
niyad
Apr 2018
OP
Shocking stuff. No-one got hurt except the whistle-blower who became a victim of other harassers.
marble falls
Apr 2018
#1
marble falls
(57,134 posts)1. Shocking stuff. No-one got hurt except the whistle-blower who became a victim of other harassers.
niyad
(113,474 posts)4. and it seems that happens whenever women speak out.
marble falls
(57,134 posts)6. Nov 6, 2018.
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)3. K&R nt
K&R nt