Tag Archives: sexual assault

Hardy Understood Sexual Predators Well

By Robin Bates | Published: November 9, 2017

“Tess of the d’Urbervilles” is a prescient account of how sexual predators operate. It is no less relevant today in the age of Donald Trump and Harvey Weinstein than it was in 1892.

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Trump & Mac the Knife, 2 Escape Artists

By Robin Bates | Published: October 13, 2016

Donald Trump’s apparent ability to escape unscathed from gaffes and revelations that would sink any other campaign invites comparison with Mac the Knife, John Gay’s glamorous escape artist from “Beggar’s Opera.”

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We Mooste Calle Him “Hende Donald”

By Robin Bates | Published: October 10, 2016

Donald Trump’s self-admitted sexual assaults resemble those of the university student in Chaucer’s “Miller’s Tales.” Hende Nicholas, however, is far more respectful of his lady love.

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Teaching Gender Sensitivity at West Point

By Robin Bates | Published: February 18, 2015

Margaret Atwood’s “Handmaid’s Tale” is required reading for entering West Point cadets. Good things could happen.

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Behn’s Comedy Masks Feminist Protest

By Robin Bates | Published: November 20, 2014

Aphra Behn’s 1677 play “The Rover” hides its feminist protest within a comic form.

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“Leda and the Swan”–Warning Necessary?

By Robin Bates | Published: November 10, 2014

Yeats’ “Leda and the Swan” contains a disturbing description of a rape. Should teachers issue warnings before teaching it?

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Sexual Misconduct in the Classics

By Robin Bates | Published: November 3, 2014

A sexual misconduct course required of all employees got me thinking of problematic situations in the books that I teach.

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The Wife of Bath vs. Military Rapes

By Robin Bates | Published: August 19, 2013

Perhaps Chaucer’s Wife of Bath has some good suggestions on preventing sexual assault in the military.

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