sozobe wrote:I mean she could go somewhere else, sure, but that still doesn't make it right or legal. People who experience any kind of discrimination can go somewhere else -- a guy who's told he won't be promoted because he's gay, whatever. He can still sue.
Well yeah, obviously - if she was discriminated against, that aint right, and should be censured. Not my point though. I was responding specifically to this bit:
Quote:Harvard. Goodwin, now 40, says in her lawsuit that she has suffered emotional distress and lost $150,000 in wages as a result of Harvard's failure to promote her since 1999.
I mean, that doesnt make sense to me - not when she was rejected 16 times in those six years. If she was rejected just the once, and it was on the basis of discrimination, that alone would give her a case for suing. And I can imagine that - if thats what happened - incredulously, she would try again, even a third time (and it would bolster her case). But
sixteen times? Banging your head against that wall
six years in a row? That was her choice, I'd say, and it doesn't sound much like a healthy or rational one. If being rebuffed like that caused her such emotional distress, why didnt she just walk away after the third or fourth time?
Thats what I dont get about it, is what I was saying I guess (tho I know about banging your head against walls). And yes, secondly, that means - yeah - I can see blaming the university for not promoting her on the basis of her sex/race/looks - that part's easy. But blaming them for then spending six subsequent years trying sixteen times again? Just seems such a waste ...
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