Two U employees harassed by Norwood Teague come forward

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Two U employees harassed by Norwood Teague come forward
High-ranking U women said Teague’s e-mail to U community prompted them to identify themselves.

Two members of President Eric Kaler’s senior leadership team have identified themselves as the complainants in a sexual harassment case that triggered last week’s abrupt resignation of University of Minnesota Athletic Director Norwood Teague.

Erin Dady, 38, who is special assistant to the president, was formerly a chief of staff to St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman.

Ann Aronson, is the deputy chief of staff in Kaler’s office.

“We are the two women who filed the initial complaints of sexual harassment and assault by Norwood Teague,” the two women said in a statement released Thursday.
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http://www.startribune.com/teague-accusers-come-forward/321807131/
 

Sigh. Every once in a while (actually more than that) I am deeply ashamed of being male. This is one of them.
 






Seriously? The rest of you males not see a gender dynamic to this? That makes me even feel even worse.
 

I knew from reading the statements posted on Deadspin, that these were powerful women, not some faceless low level employee.
 

Yes of course it is a reflection on me. It is a reflection on all men. As a male, do you feel totally innocent of all crimes against women? I don't.
 




It's always about you Winnipegopher
 


Winnipegopher said:
Yes of course it is a reflection on me. It is a reflection on all men. As a male, do you feel totally innocent of all crimes against women? I don't.
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NO IT IS NOT

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When you see a prostitute on Lake St, do you think less of all women?
 



This proves without a doubt that Norwood was emotionally suicidal. If one wanted to pick the worst women on campus to harass and get away with it, these folks would show up high on the list.
The act was wrong and immoral any way you look at it, but harassing women at this level was suicidal. I consider this to actually be fortunate since there was virtually no chance these folks were going to let it do go on unreported.
As far as feeling guilty about crimes against women, I do not feel personally guilty because I would not do them. I feel bad and disgusted that some men can do them, and I can't actually understand any satisfaction a normal man would get from this activity, but I do not feel guilty about the crimes of men who have sexual frustration issues even though I am sorry any woman has to put up with them.
 



How about ashamed to be a member of the human race? Women do bad things as well. Try not to bleed all over the thread.
 

station19 said:
NO IT IS NOT

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When you see a prostitute on Lake St, do you think less of all women?
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We are on different pages. This is directed at all men but not all men need to change, perhaps you don't (I don't either). Men control things, and always have, likely aways will.



Once ALL MEN (caps intentional) understand many (most) men are pigs, the rest of us (all men- hopefully you and I and others, we will move on to a better, more equal society).
 


I am no more responsible for another man's actions than I am for any woman's actions. People are responsible for their own actions.

To say Teague's actions reflect badly on all men is illogical.
 

Winnipegopher said:
Seriously? The rest of you males not see a gender dynamic to this? That makes me even feel even worse.
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I have enough regrets of my own without adopting someone else's guilt.

I don't feel guilty for my race, my gender, my nationality, or my religion.
 

Once ALL MEN (caps intentional) understand many (most) men are pigs said:
Wow. You hopped right up on your high-horse and rode to the top of your soap-box with this line.
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Winnipegopher said:
Yes of course it is a reflection on me. It is a reflection on all men. As a male, do you feel totally innocent of all crimes against women? I don't.
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Uh, I didn't do it. If I lamented myself every time someone else did something stupid or disgusting, I'd be a sad, sad person.
 

Winnipegopher said:
Sigh. Every once in a while (actually more than that) I am deeply ashamed of being male. This is one of them.
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I totally get what you're saying. It's like when I call when of my guy friends and tell him my dating stories. He always apologizes and lets me know they're not all like that. He just feels awful that men could be that horrible, as he's not one of them, he's a good guy.

You can even say the same with the human race...sometimes you're ashamed because people are so cruel, and wonder how that's possible.

Anyways...back to the topic at hand...
 

As a large, balding, white male with a mega tongue i feel completely hung out to dry now.
 

Winnipegopher said:
Yes of course it is a reflection on me. It is a reflection on all men. As a male, do you feel totally innocent of all crimes against women? I don't.
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No, it's not a reflection on you, unless you commit the same sins. Corporate guilt is a postmodern fantasy, reject it. Be free.
 

“Sexual harassment is a predatory act. Having too much to drink does not excuse it,” they said. “It’s a problem that continues to plague our institutions and our working lives despite programs and training designed to suppress it. The only way to eliminate it is to call attention to it when you see it or experience it.

You have to applaud the two women for taking a courageous stand. In spite of all things companies do training wise, it is still pervasive.

Look around us. We see news about sexual exploitation and harassment pop up here and there. With men in position of power. Others are people we are supposed to look up to for moral guidance.

Our former TV do right Dr. Huxtable Bill Cosby turned out to be the biggest fox in sheep's clothing. He loved to pontificate on TV and in the news.

It is unfortunate that the news about the complaints against Norwood at VCU was settled after he took the job as our new AD. Otherwise, the U's trajectory would have been different. :mad:
 

The fact that reporters were digging around trying to out these two woman, it sadly reflects why so many people have such low respect for the journalism profession.
 

Winnipegopher said:
Sigh. Every once in a while (actually more than that) I am deeply ashamed of being male. This is one of them.
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If it will make you feel any better, I can tell you that I have been sexually harassed by women on more than a couple of occasions. Once I made it clear that the innuendos, solicitations (and yes, even groping) were unwanted, it usually stopped, but I can tell you all were unpleasant experiences. On one occasion, like Rayno, I went home and vomited; although the more I think about it, it may have been the butterscotch schnapps with beer chasers and the Galliano stingers and then the Jaeger bombs that caused me to hurl. Never once did any of my female acquaintances express a sense of guilt or shame as women over what happened to me. And furthermore, when I told my then girlfriend about one of the incidents, she suggested that perhaps I was encouraging this kind of behavior. That is known as "blaming the victim"; so you see, women are not necessarily much different than men after all. Hope this helps.
 

Winnipegopher said:
Sigh. Every once in a while (actually more than that) I am deeply ashamed of being male. This is one of them.
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Weird... I don't see women saying this after something a Kardashian does...but ok.
Your self guilt that has nothing to do with you is.....all on you.
 

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