Kimberlé Crenshaw: How Society Embraces Male Denials, from Clarence Thomas to Brett Kavanaugh
Vložit
- čas přidán 21. 08. 2024
- democracynow.org - When President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh testified last week before the Senate Judiciary Committee, he called Dr. Christine Blasey Ford’s accusations against him and the subsequent fallout a “circus” orchestrated by the Democrats. His language echoed Clarence Thomas, who nearly 30 years ago said of the Anita Hill trials, “This is a circus. It’s a national disgrace. … It is a high-tech lynching for uppity blacks who in any way deign to think for themselves.” We speak with Kimberlé Crenshaw, professor of law at UCLA and Columbia University who assisted Anita Hill’s legal team. She is the founder of the African American Policy Forum. Her piece for The New York Times last week was headlined “We Still Haven’t Learned from Anita Hill’s Testimony.”
Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs weekdays on nearly 1,400 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream 8-9AM ET: democracynow.org
Please consider supporting independent media by making a donation to Democracy Now! today: democracynow.o...
FOLLOW DEMOCRACY NOW! ONLINE:
Facebook: / democracynow
Twitter: / democracynow
CZcams: / democracynow
SoundCloud: / democracynow
Daily Email: democracynow.o...
Google+: plus.google.co...
Instagram: / democracynow
Tumblr: / democracynow
Pinterest: / democracynow
iTunes: itunes.apple.c...
TuneIn: tunein.com/radi...
Stitcher Radio: www.stitcher.co...
Yes, for sure, if their genders were reversed there is no way female Kavanaugh would get away with that behavior. Everyone would say she was hysterical or even "crazy" for crying over calendars and presidential inaugurations.
Revenge for the Clinton's? WHAT A KOOK.
+plunderpunk2
You do understand that Kavanaugh was on the Ken Starr legal committee, do you not? Do you even know who Ken Starr was?????
@@Wisdomabovegold BK is a kook for citing the Clinton's.
+plunder
I have no doubt that you are under age 20 or an emotionally under-developed 25 year old. Either way, you should have the good sense to silence yourself until you have better reasoning skills.
@@Wisdomabovegold We can disagree without all the psycho-analysis.
+plunder
No, really, we can't. Adult America is exhausted with trying to explain mature concepts to children who mistakenly believe that one opinion is as good as another. We live in a free society so you will not be imprisoned for speaking stupid but the rest of us do not have to treat you with the respect you do not deserve.
I really hope he does not get confirmed. This is such a F U to women and sexual assult victims.
Soyboiz still dont get laid
skyler and friends yeah, because making up a story to destroy a man’s life is so virtuous.
I hope he doesnt either, based on his rulings. He sex accusations are not believable however.
For f sake! It’s not proven!!!! How can you be so cruel!
The employment of Mitchell was even more disgraceful and craven by Republicans. It reeked of mysogyny and not the "dignity" they kept allegding to have extended to her. Lindsey Graham claimed "we would've driven out there to speak to you" but they could barely address their questions to her personally during the hearing. What a sham!
I found it odd that in her report on her thoughts on Dr. Ford, in no part does Mitchell question _why she got to question Dr. Ford for her entire sitting_ but only asked BK roughly 3 questions and was never heard from again.
Lastly, I believe Dr. Ford.
Oh no, another Trumptard.
They would have sent their staff investigators to get info, but nobody believed the Dems would have been allowed. The controlling party can do pretty much as they please. So yes their going to .CA is just twerp Lindseys little righteous indignation pitch that their BOY is perfect little altar boy.
@Stephen Gleason what is wrong with you?
@@3warsGunsmithing no they have no rights to put their hands on my body or my mouth. They don't have the right to block the door and not let me out. Go for it man. Gunsmithing how archaic can you be. Me Tarzan You Jane. Not no more sucka.
Kimberle Crenshaw you are just too smart!!! Thanks for speaking out. It's a pleasure to hear someone well educated in a country of poorly educated people.
Nick, you just illustrated Boyd's point. so sad to be you (but you can fix it if you want to)
For any man who thinks these events in a woman's, or girl's life don't matter after 5, 10 or 40 years, then I dare you to ask any woman you know -- family or friends -- whether they've ever been harassed, raped or assaulted.
Men and women need to talk one another and stop assuming there's nothing important to say to one another. Because a woman is silent doesn't mean it never happens/happened.
Sakinah Abdussamad Similarly if Woman screams RAPE! RAPE! RAPE! all the time doesn't mean it's true. Clarence Thomas & Brian Banks faced same unproved sexual assault allegations & the "victim" failed to provide any evidence to prove the allegation. Now Cristiano Ronaldo has "sexual assault" charge also by an "American" woman. Makes me wonder if there is an epidemic of American women getting raped or are they really that narcissistic & sociopath.
Don MughalGG the difference is that women are speaking up about it and no longer keeping silent.
Sakinah Abdussamad mic drop
surely the gop can come up with someone more polished, eloquent and respectable than this overaged fit throwing frat boy.
I was shocked when Kavanaugh accused the female senator of dinking enough to blackout and asking about her drink of choice. Ridiculous!
Amy Jones OMG you were shocked??? Let's see what happens if a woman tomorrow falsely accuses your father (if you got one ofc) for a crime he never committed. I guess you will be shocked that your father can commit such heinous crime which he never did!
Don MughalGG You attacked a victim whose father was caught red handed molesting a three year old child in another thread on this page by saying they had "daddy issues" so I think anything you have to say regarding sexual assault is moot at this point.
I'm tired of getting into ridiculous arguments about these cases.... just #NoKavanaughSCOTUS
Dr. Jennifer J. Freyd has coined an acronym - DARVO - which, when seen along with our other checkpoints, can be very helpful in shedding light on our situation. DARVO points to a typical response that perpetrators of wrong doing, particularly sexual offenders, always seem to enact when being held accountable for their behavior. *DARVO stands for Deny, Attack, and Reverse Victim and Offender.* This characterizes Judge Kavanaugh's response perfectly - he totally denied the accusations, went on the attack with self-righteous, indignant rage, and portrayed himself as being the victim of an organized smear campaign and political hit-job. Playing the role of "the victimizer disguised as the victim," he cast Dr. Ford in the role of the offender who has destroyed his life.
Kavanaugh said nothing bad about Dr. Ford except to say that her accusation was not true. He only said that Democrats had worked to smear him without any proof. Because, besides Ford's testimony, there is no evidence.
How would an innocent person defend themselves from a sexual assault accusation?
There are so few of them it is hard to know. I have sympathy for anyone falsely accused of a crime, but this particular crime is the most under reported of all crimes. So you tell me what is appropriate.
lock him up lock him up lock him up lock him up lock him up like him up lock him up lock him up like him up lock him up
@@travelightly SIMPLE!! Take the polygraph and insist on s FBI investigation,!! It's not that hard!! Many people take polygraphs for their jobs and to don't see them acting like this. Some military personnel go thru investigations for certain jobs and I've never heard of them going bonkers like Kavanaugh did!!
I think that the Republicans thought that Dr Ford WAS going to act in the unhinged way Kavanaugh did when she testified. They thought they would be able to portray her as a hysterical woman and dismiss her claims. But when both Kavanaugh and Lindsey Graham go on hysterical rants, their emotion is supposed to enhance their credibility? So. Much. Hypocrisy. And my “favorite” part of Lindsey Graham’s defense of Good Ol’ Boy Kavanaugh was when he asked/told him “you want justice? Boy, did you come to the wrong town!” He’s speaking to a judge who has been a Washington insider for DECADES! In truth, that “sympathy” is much better directed to the West Coast college professor who reluctantly pulled herself from obscurity because she thought it was her civic duty to tell the truth. But Lindsey Graham is unapologetic about being a “single white male” so his concerns are purely for the other entitled white male whose quest for power has been temporarily thwarted.
Lindsay Graham's concerns are mainly for himself. He wants the Attorney General spot so he was talking to Trump (tho' it was also a good tactic for the team vis-à-vis Kavanaugh's over the top snivelling performance in order to 'normalize' it). Some are also saying that the administration has something on him which explains his conversion from his orginal never-Trumpism to complete lapdog. Or maybe it's just his protector McCain gone, he has to make hay for himself.
This is clearly a result of the "frat boy" mentality of the 80s. Correct me if I'm wrong, since I was born then so I don't know much about the frat culture mentality, but it seems as though that's how they bought their way into politics, earning a living as lobbyists despite knowingly being highly unethical. Now we have a "frat government-run" system that enables these heinous behaviors most people despise in the fraternity mentality (buying one's own friends, buying one's own career, human indecency).
Won't Lindsey Graham make a FINE? Attorney General ?
The prosecutor came CLOSE (July 1st 1982 , calendar entry, drinking during week !, the names for that scheduled meeting would fit - that could have been the day of the assault. It was also the day when the drinking age in Maryland was raised to ) - so Graham helped with a little distraction and threw the tantrum, then they had a break, and then the Republicans dismissed prosecutor Mitchell.
Jeff Flake is not a hero. He just did the right thing. Low bar.
Wow Himpathy😪 EXACTLY👍🏽
This is the best interview on this confirmation story. A great deal of insight into the trumpian populist message of how old white men are victims.
Ms. Crenshaw, beautiful and brilliant as ever.
Arlenis B and obviously sums: all channels cannot stop saying how lovely was Ford n disgraceful Cavanaugh. What a BS! Man has lost his career!
Another Kavanaugh dramatic flailing whinging imbecile you troll Oksana!
Clear racism. Clear sexism.
The Circus, and Trump is ringmaster
Actually, Putin is. And he's laughing along with the World.
Here's a reminder to all potential victims of sexual assault: you better make sure you have "evidence"! Nothing you experience is real without "evidence"! Wear a body cam, keep a stenographer with you at all times and keep legal forms handy to gather signatures of witnesses as needed. I'm sure I missed some steps but you get the jist of it. I know it seems burdensome but we need to make sure men feel safe! Better yet, skip all that nonsense and just DISAPPEAR. Nobody wants to hear you anyway
Dumb message actually. If it unfortunately happens, women must report it straight away, not hide away and wash off the evidence. However hard it is, they must step out and protect themselves in a proper way.
Oksana, spoken like someone who has never experienced sexual assault. The victim is frequently in shock and feels numb. The terror is real and so is the abuser. We need more people to come forward and ensure that everyone knows that the victim will not be blamed and judged.
This was very informative. Thanks.
Clarence please leave, Brett your done.
amy so smart as well as guests, thanks for intelligent news reporting
It should be called Democratic Propaganda Now!
Society embraced Kavanaughs denials because his accuser had no solid evidence with which to accuse him. THAT is the point.
Clarence Thomas didnt think for himself either, they think and act for corporations.
When I was a kid I actually believed Democracy Now was credible. The truth is that most people who today vote 'republican' did.
For uppity blacks? Get out!!!!!
Ford is not believable. Way too many holes in her story. Kavanough is a poor choice based on his time as a judge. His authoritarian views are harmful. However, Ford story has serious issues.
typheran1, I don't recommend that you take the bar exam and also that you study up on sexual abuse.
mai i guess facts are meaningless when you are a partisan extremist huh? She said that she didn’t want to testify because she is afraid of flying. That was a lie, she flies frequently for work and vacations. She said that she doesn’t remember when this happened, how she got there or how she got home, but remembers exactly who it was. That is sketchy. She says that the music was so loud that when she yelled for help no one heard her, but later said she hear the boys talking downstairs. Everyone of the witnesses, including her friend say either that it didn’t happen or they know nothing about it. Two other males have come forwarded and claimed it was them.
Like i said i don’t think he should be a justice based on his record as a judge. However, Ford is not believable. Bit then again I’m not an extremist.
Dee Pattison I actually have studied law. Thats how i know that this would never see a courtroom. Thanks for playing though. Maybe you should actually study the law a bit. Thinks like burden of proof, facts and innocent UNTIL proven guilty seem to escape you.
I weep for the independence of my country when I observe as of this early day of its successful experiment that corruption has been imputed to several members of the House of Representatives, while the rights of the people have been bartered for promises of office.
None of this had to be. A moderate or right leaning judge would have sailed through. Even Gorsuch, as a hard right, sailed through. But no. The GOP had to push it. They have to have an EXTREME right judge. That ABA disowns. That 1000+ lawyers from his own school disown. They have to slap the MAJORITY in the face. This will ignite a 30 year war. Every election, at every level, voters will be reminded a rapist is on the court because of the GOP. Every day he sits there will be a burning ember that will set fire to 1/2 the US population. It could have been easy. Now it will be a multi generational war. And for what, less worker and environmental rights? The ability of no population Red states like Oklahoma and Idaho to outlaw abortion? MAGA has ripped the country to shreds over virtually nothing but arrogance and petty power.
For some unknown reason, I tend to DENY STUFF THAT I DIDN'T DO.
The evidence is on Kavanaugh's side. Just read Rachel Mitchell's report
Its pretty simple men, who are most likely to be affected by a false accusation are going to be more hyperconcious of it while women who are most likely to be affected by a sexual assault are more hyperconcious of it, that's why you will always have people that jump to either conclusion in these situations, none of us know the truth and we never will so we all try to interject with our emotions on the subject. For men they think this could happen to anyone anyone could come out of the woodwork and accuse you of this and none of us are comfortable with that being wholly believed and the accused gets crucified and loses their livelihood, women aren't comfortable with the fact that they can come out and get second guessed and have to go out of their way to prove something horrific was done to them.
Jeff Boxing: Great comment. I would even add that it is more often true that men are the guilty party of aggression and violation. But when there is a motive to lie, such as racism, money, attention, revenge, POLITICAL, etc...Women are quite capable of using the false allegation for her own motives.
Kavanaugh could have easily stopped all of this by slipping away and salvaging his marriage and family...instead the selfish egomaniac dragged his family through HIS BULLSHIT...now his daughters will have to suffer from his arrogance and selfish drunken acts of selfishness...how sad an individual would do this to his beloved family
BeeFriendlyApiary to be fair though if he were to simply "slip away" instead of jumping to declare his innocence that would also be used as pseudo evidence. The reality is peoples minds are already made up in spite of overwhelming ignorance of what's truth and there's no changing it, nothing he does will make him seem innocent to those who say he's guilty nor will it make him look guilty to those declaring his innocence.
@@JeffPenaify Speaking for myself, salient, compelling evidence will sway me. Since all of her alleged witnesses deny any knowledge of the party, then I count their testimony as exculpatory.
Already smartass Chas, the witnesses don't deny any knowledge of the party, they claim no recollection of this particular party. Hope you're not gonna try out for judge because you're already proving you have a pretty limited range for evaluating situations. The best friend cited by Dr Blasey, in whom the latter did not confide at the time, apparently finds the circumstances plausible for having been at such events and she believes her allegations.
The Ghost Writer who is writing for Kavanaugh is the same Ghost Writer writing for Melania is the same Ghostwriter in Trump's ear everyday
lock him up lock him up lock him up lock him up lock him up like him up like him up like him up lock him up lock him up
Excellent ‼️
The whole country should be grateful to Senator Flake.
On the contrary: thank the women who persuaded Flake to take the minimal step of doing something remotely resembling the right thing.
Of course! Still, he could have turned away like many others.
Are there any current accusers? Did he just get cured as an adult? 17 year olds don’t always make wise choices but it seems we are all seeing this in current day.
lock him up lock him up lock him up lock him up lock him up like him up lock him up so I came up I lock him up lock him up lock him up
Crenshaw sees intersectionality at every corner.
It's going to be a Sen.Cains vote. Thumb down moment .In the honor of Sen. Cain this one's for you BUD.👎
All the victim mentality is absolutely disgusting. I was a victim of sexual abuse, so I can say this. As victims we have power. As women, you have power. All men come from women. Men's physical advantage is worthless against a women who understands her power. Very few sexual assault cases involve physical overpowering.
What a load of bull shit.
what proof is there that he did it???????????????????????????????
What prove mr. Kavanagh had saying that all Clinton's revenge? Or he has a vivid prove that Congress is a circus? Would you like such a judge have a court over you? No, no, no. His place is in Nazzi Germany, not in USA.
Multiple women coming forward. Yale Frat Boy who claims to be a "virgin" carrying a guilty alibi (35 year-old creepy calander).
You don't think rapists get away with rape all the time? Get Your Facts Straight! _Unless, you're also one of them, which I suppose due to your _*_lack of empathy!_*
I know nothing about the Clarence Thomas and Anita Hill thing so I’m not going to speak on that. However, I did follow the Kavanaugh thing and from what I saw, there was a lot of inconsistencies in what Ford was saying. Am I not correct? Wasn’t there something with her being incorrect with timeframes and who was there? And she told her shrink and husband about it many years later?
So, I ultimately don’t know what happened but we have to get beyond mere accusations. Everybody agree with that, right? Everybody agrees that people do make false accusations out of malice intent. This DOES happen and it is why we have processes to examine the details of the case so that people aren’t unjustly punished. I am aware this doesn’t always happen.
We also know that politics is a filthy, backstabbing game. We KNOW this. People are smeared, falsely accused and killed in the world of politics. So, forget the specific people involved, forget republican/democrat, forget identity politics...just based on what we know happens in politics, we must agree that people will go extreme means to achieve their ends. And so, based on what I saw of the hearings, I wouldn’t feel comfortable punishing somebody based solely on an accusation. ESPECIALLY, knowing the current climate of politics. And I know that pissed a lot of people off but I am trying to be robotic about this.
I see the Trumpers up in arms about lots of things that they think is wrong. Like, the election. They are freaking out because they say there was widespread cheating. Well, show me the evidence. I’m willing to sit down and put some time into researching and looking into these claims, but if it’s only accusations with no significant evidence then it just sounds like political bs to me.
100%
lots of psychobabble analysis from Crenshaw for what's essentially 'he said, she said' for the evidence presented. shocking considering she's a lawyer yet she relies on psychobabble. maybe there's more but it wasn't part of the proceeding.
Um...ahhhh...um....um...ahhhh. Ahhhhh...um.....ahhhhhh.....ahhhhhh lmao.
Man are more equal. (Animal farm)
All animals are created equal, but some animals are more equal than others*
Trevor Prime I stand corrected.
And if you really think that the US works on "all men are created equal" you are somewhat naive.
.
The US-constituion speaks only of "inalienable rights" - the thought of "egalite" first came some years later in france.
The fathers of the constituion where all elitistst of some measure.
Not only did they of course except women, blacks, indians, felons,ct. from voting, but it was a close call - most of them wanted a property-based voting sytsem where rich people had more votes.
.
And looking at the modern US with voter repression, completely unrepresented colonial areas with millions of second-class citizens, "citizens united" which equaled money with speech and made black-money-PACs the most important actors in all elections.....
Animal farm was kind of a literary fable on the east bloc - modern america is the reality of the same rot inside capitalis systems.
"one man one vote" my ass.
Niles, too bad we haven't had people like you teaching history for the last 40 or more years
Not much evolution in the last few hundred years but we can try.
Blacks arent allowed to leave the democratic Parties plantation. Kenya West on SNL is a very good example. Search it on youtube.
americans please listen this is the abyss pull this train off its tracks or we all suffer
Grassly, is pissed.
He should just keep pissing beside the toilet at home as his great age would allow him to get away with rather than ruining our lives as a legislator.
CT's version of "Think for Yourself" = Suck up to Rich Whitey.
what happen to Bill Cosby ?
I think society embraces male denials on the basis of an an understanding which is rarely articulated, though it is a theme (perhaps the dominant theme) running through all forms of art, literature, and all over the natural world outside of humanity as well: Women are attracted to violent men, to aggressive men and repulsed by "nice guys". I'm sorry to say it, and correct me if I am wrong, but I can't imagine women having conversations like "Oh I can't wait for the party. I heard some of the guys who will be there do volunteer work and are super polite and respectful". Does a piece of dialog like that ring true to anyone?
Kavanaugh is obviously a heinous person and it seems equally obvious that he committed the acts of which he is accused. But why can't we talk at all about the demand of women for aggression in men, how inherently dangerous that is to them, and how that shapes society? Men and women evolved as a species together. The reason there are so many male transgressors in the world has something to do with the choices and preferences of women, right?
It takes two to tango, as they say. I'm just a nice guy who has been told by women (never guys) to "grow some balls", or "put your dick out there", and things like that in response to my polite behavior in every day social situations (I won't argue or fight over things of little or no value). I guess I'm that sucker who bought into how a man is supposed to behave. But the way that men are prodded into being aggressive assholes is seen everywhere, all around us, and is promoted by men and women alike. More or less everything men do is for to win the favor of women, and women are there lavishing their affections on overly aggressive guys. It would seem that that dynamic is behind a lot of behaviors this society fosters. But it's like this can't even be discussed without charges of "you're blaming the victim".
I don't think this analysis applies to situations where the woman is involuntarily in the company of said aggressor, as in the workplace. But when I heard an actress complain like "and then the second time I went to Weinstein's house for dinner he was even more sexually harassing" it's like well, ok, you like playing with snakes...I hope you don't get bit but if you do it's kinda your fault.
You must know some weird women and why do you want to know women like that?
He is a delusional nutter and an out right lying SOB
Dee Pattison I don't want to know women who disapprove of well behaved or sensitive or cooperative men, but that is pretty common. I think most people, myself included, want to live in a world where women are free to go about their lives without fear of being harassed or raped. But that is going to take a collaborative effort. Reforming men alone is not going achieve much.
The serial killer Richard Ramirez received mailbags full of love letters and marriage proposals from women. And that is not uncommon for serial killers. Many women are aroused by serial killers. That's just a fact about the world that we should deal with in trying to make the world a better place. Both men and women will have to change their behaviors to reduce aggressive behavior in general, not just sexual but other forms of violence. Men have to change their behavior and women have to stop incentivizing it.
@@Will_Moffett I'm not attracted to violent men, I can't even stand a men (or women) with angry tempers. As for you being a nice guy, if you are what you sound like in your comments, I wouldn't consider you nice or someone I would want to date.
She is lying.
Nah You are !
How about you rephrase that to "I *think* she's lying"? It's your opinion, not a proven fact.
kez kezooie how about, no
Crenshaw you actually teach? At Columbia Law School. Then you know about the presumption of innocense. Shame on you and your pre-sets.
Society does not embrace male denials.
Half of our society is male. An overwhelming majority of males are not rapey individuals. We support women and want equal treatment for them. However, we also see issues like this with Kavanaugh, and although we don't believe his denials, we also understand that there is no proof of the claims against him.
As males who aren't rapey, we can empathize and see ourselves in that same situation. Women fear, rightly, being raped. Men fear, rightly, being falsely accused of rape. It's one of the few accusations in our society that can ruin your life with no evidence. And even in the cases where the accuser has been proven to be lying, the accused's life remains in shambles having lost jobs, scholarships, relationships, etc.
We don't embrace male denials. REAL MEN DON'T SUPPORT RAPIST. Yet, we begrudgingly accept that a lack of evidence exists in most cases.
Kevin Ford totally agree
How dare you mention evidence? There's no place for that On this channel. On this channel you either jump on the bandwagon of white men suck and all women are believable or you are attacked
Kevin Ford and yet there might be evidence if the FBI was allowed to fully investigate. And who is stopping that? White elderly privileged males. Long way to go. Glad you seem to support women's rights
@@carolynwestlake2246 glad you took the time to address the 'white males'...they really do ruin everything. Especially the 'elderly' ones. Young, brown, females are much better
We need to have a videographer on hand for these assaults because it is the only way for some people to accept that it happens. See how the system is stacked. My comment is tongue in cheek but meant to cast light on a flawed system. The only way to have evidence is to have cameras all over and lose any privacy that still exists.
LIFT BEER CRY 🏋️♂️🍺😢
YES LACK OF BALANCE, I WAS THANKING WHY DID THE DEMOCRATS WALK OUT OF MEETING AND RAN TO A TV INTERVIEW WHEN MEETING WAS STILL ON. THAT SHOWS ME THEY WAS NOT WILLING TO LISTEN TO BOTH SIDES.