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Universities Creating Computer Discipline Offices

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the thank-you-sir-may-i-have-another dept.

geisler writes "The Chronicle of Higher Education has a very good article on how larger colleges are beginning to create departments to deal with the social issues related to computer problems and not depending solely on technical solutions. The University of Maryland's Project NEThics is used as a prime example."

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  1. Re:Bah Humbug! by Frater+219 · · Score: 5, Insightful
    It was socially unthinkable in my parents and grandparents childhood environments for men to stalk and harass teenage girls,

    Which means that when it happened (which it did -- don't fool yourself) the society was not equipped to deal with it. Rape, child molestation, and the like were shoved under the rug. Rape victims were told that they must have "asked for it". Child victims were scolded and abused for "making up stories" about "upright members of the community" (like, oh, say, priests) sexually abusing them.

    We know better than that now. Don't you dare try to drag us back to the bad old days.