Lawrence Krauss accused of sexual misconduct

Lawrence Krauss is the latest to be accused of sexual misconduct, the accusations going back years.


https://www.buzzfeed.com/peteraldhou...nt-allegations

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BuzzFeed News has learned that the incident with Hensley is one of many wide-ranging allegations of Krauss’s inappropriate behavior over the last decade — including groping women, ogling and making sexist jokes to undergrads, and telling an employee at Arizona State University, where he is a tenured professor, that he was going to buy her birth control so she didn’t inconvenience him with maternity leave. In response to complaints, two institutions — Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, and the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Waterloo, Ontario — have quietly restricted him from their campuses. Our reporting is based on official university documents, emails, and interviews with more than 50 people. Many of his accusers have requested anonymity, fearing professional or legal retaliation from Krauss, or online abuse from men in the movement who have smeared women for speaking out about other skeptics. A few allegations about Krauss made their way onto skeptic blogs, but were quickly taken down in fear of legal action. So for years, these stories have stayed inside whisper networks in skepticism and physics.

In this case, it seems to be mostly inappropriate behaviour, though some of the allegations, if true, could be classified as assault. The main people mentioned are Melody Hensley and Rebecca Watson, who are not terribly well regarded by all in these parts, but Michael Marshall, who is quoted as confirming one incident, is someone I would trust.

via International Skeptics Forum http://ift.tt/2CeTAsm