Comments on: Attorney Uses “Boys Will Be Boys” Defense in Alleged Sexual Assault

By: SM

SM — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:25:29 +0000

Oops…I meant to say sexually assaulted by a guy I had dumped.

By: SM

SM — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:24:47 +0000

It’s even worse when women say it. I was sexually harassed by a guy I had dumped and his current GF called and told me that he told her everything and she forgave him b/c “boys will be boys”. She said he was with her now and she would “change” him. There are no words….

By: Cara

Cara — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 04:45:27 +0000

Hey Julia, I did see that and originally had it written as GW, but figured that the official article was the source I ought to trust when given two different pieces of information. What I’m gathering, actually, is that the article is from a GW paper … and that the burglary and assault took place at GW, but that the student was a student at the University of Maryland? (i.e. He entered a dorm on the campus of a school that he does not attend.)

In any case, if someone can find me a definitive source either way, I’ll gladly make a correction if necessary.

By: Julia

Julia — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 04:15:50 +0000

I think this is a fabulous take on the story, however you may want to edit it. This did not occur at the University of Maryland, as the article states (and where I go to school), but rather at GW (at least according to Amanda’s article).

however, UMD has its fair share of sexual assault problems…not to mention policy brutality.

By: Adrian

Adrian — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:02:53 +0000

Honestly, I’m surprised that this is even a case. In New Haven (Connecticut), the colleges’ cops don’t even file reports for this kind of thing.

Or any other kind of thing, like drug violations, non-sexual assaults, robbery, reckless driving…

I agree that male privilege, white privilege, and class privilege definitely form part of the problem here, but there is a general pattern of permissiveness on college campuses that extends to law enforcement and the legal system.

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By: jennygadget

jennygadget — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 23:43:55 +0000

kaninchenzero, how the fuck did I not hear about this? Was I away at college myself at the time? Sadly, probably not. And am I correct assuming Charlotte Burgess is somehow related to Larry Burgess?

By: Darcy

Darcy — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 20:08:41 +0000

*especially IF HE WAS a black man committing the assault

By: Darcy

Darcy — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 20:07:57 +0000

If this was a young man who worked in the neighborhood instead of being a college student, especially a black man, and who drunkenly decided to sexually assault girls in the dorms, there would be an OUTRAGE. The university administration would make a huge show of enacting all sorts of new safety measures to protect students.

But it’s just one of our students! He was playing around! He’s totally trustworthy because he’s one of us (even when overtly doing something wrong)!

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Sat, 17 Oct 2009 19:09:50 +0000

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