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> Epstein was joined by one or two female assistants who appeared to be in their twenties, which made some people uncomfortable ... A Media Lab staff member tol
by pledess 7y ago
> Epstein was joined by one or two female assistants who appeared to be in their twenties, which made some people uncomfortable ... A Media Lab staff member told us that she was "grossed out" during of one Epstein's visits to the Media Lab, both because ... and because Epstein brought female assistants in their twenties with him.
Is anyone interpreting this as "At MIT, it's reasonable to be
prejudiced against young women who claim to have a job in the
philanthropy field. Anyone actually qualified for such a job would
have a different age or a different gender."? If I'm a professor
elsewhere and visit MIT to talk about my research, can my female
graduate student (who did most of the work) safely visit at the same
time, or will she run into the same prejudice? Does the answer depend
on her physical appearance?
- morelisp 7y agoMost everyone else is interpreting this in the context of Epstein trafficking young women from eastern europe, because that's what he did. If you interpret it as you describe instead, I also desperately hope you are not a professor and don't visit MIT.
- pvg 7y agoPeople are, quite sensibly, prejudiced against someone convicted of sex crimes involving the exploitation of young women traveling with young women. The prejudice is against him, not the women. The incident and the reactions of the staff involved has been documented in greater detail elsewhere, you can just google it up.
- gowld 7y agoTo avoid the appearance of impropriety, should people avoid hiring female assistants? I hope not.
- ty___ler 7y agoHe trafficked underage sex slaves