tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1071357103312480367.post5698644293828187207..comments2023-06-17T09:14:17.021-05:00Comments on Inkfish: Fruit Bats and Sexual HarrassmentElizabeth Prestonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01991219617456983242noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1071357103312480367.post-63097217178687042792010-12-19T09:40:18.315-06:002010-12-19T09:40:18.315-06:00Dr Batboy Dylan Evans has won "Person of the ...Dr Batboy Dylan Evans has won "Person of the Year" from World Weekly News for his sexual harassment antics, and his internet "FREEDOM!" campaign http://weeklyworldnews.com/headlines/26028/person-of-the-year/ with suggestions of Batboy the MusicalOscarhttp://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=414495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1071357103312480367.post-61910295940390215682010-12-11T17:18:29.647-06:002010-12-11T17:18:29.647-06:00The reality, as with much of this theatrical perfo...The reality, as with much of this theatrical performance, is that Dylan Evans is a consummate media performer, with a long career (Psychoanalyzing Diana, In Praise of the Unabomber, etc) and every news item has been written from his perspective - the university is keeping quiet and the woman who made the complaint has moved on.<br /><br />The reality, as the judge said very clearly, is that Dylan Evans was found guilty of sexual harassment (at the lower end of the scale), had behaved very stupidly in his position and betrayed a complete lack of understanding of the verdict. The Times Higher Education (which had been sucked into his theatre) wrote:<br /><br />"Sexual harassment 'Fruitbatgate' verdict upheld<br /><br />The Irish High Court has upheld findings of an investigation by University College Cork into the academic at the centre of the "fruitbatgate" affair. Dylan Evans was accused of sexual harassment after showing a female colleague a research paper on oral sex among fruit bats. An investigation by Cork concluded that the lecturer in behavioural science was guilty of sexual harassment under the university's "right to dignity" policy. After a judicial review, the High Court last week ruled that both the investigation and its conclusions stood and should not be revisited. However, it quashed the "disproportionate" sanctions imposed on Dr Evans, including a two-year period of monitoring and counselling, and awarded costs to the lecturer."<br />http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=414549<br /><br />Hannah Fearn, who initially supported the Evans media circus, wrote<br /><br />"Court upholds findings of ‘fruitbatgate’ investigation<br /><br />The Irish High Court has ruled that the findings of an investigation by University College Cork into the academic at the centre of the “fruitbatgate” affair should stand."<br />http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=414495<br /><br />Evans has pulled the wool over many people's eyes, but Dr Batboy has really earned his wings on the sexual harassment front.Undonehttp://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=414495noreply@blogger.com