Responses to comments from Noel Plum’s response
Channel: Kristi Winters
Date: 2016-04-12

Responses to comments from Noel Plum’s response to my critique of his video Do We Live In A Rape Culture? No. https://youtu.be/OVUQm_b0EJQ

Fail: It is awarded to work that is seriously flawed, displaying a lack of awareness of essential texts and incoherent arguments. The research involved may be poorly organised and inadequately discussed, offering a fundamentally inadequate response to the chosen topic. Large parts of the answer may be irrelevant.
https://www.isca.ox.ac.uk/current-students/course-information/marking-guidelines/

Summary for people coming over from NP's response vids: Noel's errors:
1) Presents a definition then ignores it & makes up his own.  2) He misoperationalized the concept to be about rape statistics, not culture or social processes around sexuality and gender 3) the case study of 1 was not justified on theoretical grounds,  4) the time period was not justified on theoretical grounds 5) he ignores any comparative element in the data (fewer rapes recorded in the Middle East vs the US) because it would lead him to the conclusion there is rape culture in the West  5) it was way too long, poorly organized, included several irrelevant tangents (pit bulls and Anita), and  6) ultimately failed to critique rape culture in any meaningful way.

More high-ranking officers being charged with sex crimes against subordinates
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/more-high-ranking-officers-being-charged-with-sex-crimes-against-subordinates/2016/03/19/3910352a-e616-11e5-a6f3-21ccdbc5f74e_story.html

'..Historically, it has been extremely rare for senior military officers to face courts-martial. Leaders suspected of wrongdoing are usually dealt with behind the scenes, with offenders receiving private reprimands or removal from command with a minimum of public explanation.

“There’s not a lot of transparency when it comes to senior-
officer misconduct,” said Don Christensen, a former chief prosecutor for the Air Force who now is president of Protect Our ­Defenders, a group that advocates for victims of sex crimes in the military. “They don’t like the American public knowing what’s going on, so they drag their heels in getting information out.”

That has gradually changed as the Defense Department — under pressure from Congress and the White House — has revamped its policies to prevent sexual assault and to hold perpetrators accountable.'

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