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...comments--by Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett '57 and Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Education Jeffery Wolcowitz--created a maelstrom of controversy. Posters around campus--including some saying "Attack Jewett"--accused the two of blaming women for the incidents; student groups from the Radcliffe Union of Students (RUS) to The Crimson called for vast changes in how acquaintance rape cases are handled by the College...
Jewett's actions contrast strikingly to Wolcowitz's silence; as of last Wednesday, nearly a week after the article with his comments appeared, Wolcowitz arrogantly stated he had not yet read...
...discrepancy between Jewett's and Wolcowitz's responses is particularly disturbing because Wolcowitz's comments are substantially more damaging than Jewett's. Jewett had stated that some acquaintance rape cases are difficult to resolve because "when people are drunk they may not remember whether they said yes or not. The person that's drunk is not clear, is not articulate, and that's why you get these cases." Jewett's reference to "these cases" referred to difficult cases to resolve, not all date rape cases, as some students inferred...
...matter how unfortunate Jewett's comments were, they were a far cry from Wolcowitz's statement that "I think the women often find it difficult to say a forceful no. I have a sense that in many of these cases, the woman thinks she has said no, but it may have been in subtle ways--ways that have caused confusion." This statement lends credence to the vicous view that a stated "no" can be reasonably interpreted as "yes." It is this kind of statement that allows men to rationalize acquaintance rapes...
...blame for what happened to you. It was your culture, your University and your date/friend/acquaintance. I will never get to tell you face to face how wrong it is that you have hurt so much. But I want you to know that Deans Jewett and Wolcowitz were wrong...