Deborah Ramirez (c. 1965- ) is the second woman to come out against Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump’s pick for the Supreme Court. The first was Christine Blasey Ford, who came out last week accusing him of attempted rape back in high school.
Ramirez says Kavanaugh put his penis in her face when they were freshman at Yale University in the 1983-84 school year. It was during a drinking game, so her memory is not complete, but after careful consideration she is sure of this much, as reported by the New Yorker:
“I remember a penis being in front of my face,” she said. “I knew that’s not what I wanted, even in that state of mind.” … She said that she pushed the person away, touching it in the process. Ramirez, who was raised a devout Catholic, in Connecticut, said that she was shaken. “I wasn’t going to touch a penis until I was married,” she said. “I was embarrassed and ashamed and humiliated.” She remembers Kavanaugh standing to her right and laughing, pulling up his pants. “Brett was laughing,” she said. “I can still see his face, and his hips coming forward, like when you pull up your pants.” She recalled another male student shouting about the incident. “Somebody yelled down the hall, ‘Brett Kavanaugh just put his penis in Debbie’s face,’ ” she said. “It was his full name. I don’t think it was just ‘Brett.’ And I remember hearing and being mortified that this was out there.”
She wants an FBI investigation. Kavanaugh, who denies it, does not.
One witness can independently recall many of the same details as Ramirez – that it took place in a common room on the first floor in Entryway B of Lawrance Hall, that it was during freshman year, that another male student egged on Kavanaugh as he exposed himself. It was outside the bounds of what was acceptable, even at parties with heavy drinking. The witness says Kavanaugh was “relatively shy” but when he drank he could become “aggressive and even belligerent.”
Others remember it too, at least the rumours. In July when Trump named Kavanaugh as his pick, Yale alumni emailed each other about it. From there the story spread to the Senate and the New Yorker – well before Ramirez was willing to come forward.
Ramirez lives in Colorado and works for the Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Nonviolence, which helps victims of domestic violence.
Ramirez is a registered Democrat, but she is not the Deborah Ramirez who received a grant from George Soros. That Deborah Ramirez is a law professor, and she went to Northeastern, not Yale.
Over 900 Yale alumni have signed a letter in support. It says in part:
“As women of Yale, some of whom are ourselves survivors of sexual assault, we stand behind Deborah Ramirez, Yale ’87, and with Dr. Christine Blasey Ford. … We are coming forward as women of Yale because we have a shared experience of the environment that shaped not only Judge Kavanaugh’s life and career, but our own.”
– Abagond, 2018.
Source: Mainly the New Yorker, Heavy, the Open Letter from Women of Yale.
See also:
- Brett Kavanaugh
- Christine Blasey Ford
- Halloween at Yale – not a happy place for people of colour either
- domestic violence
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If 50yr old accusations against Bill Cosby can stand, then so should these.
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I can almost promise that this will be viewed as “boys will be boys”.
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On one hand, I believe that a portion of the Kavanaugh has a lot to do with upholding the supposed sanctity of white women. And on the other hand, the Supreme Court hearing is attempting to uphold the mythological saintliness of white men as well.
These polarization dispositions will eventually have some of us asking: Why do white women seem to always have a penis or two in close proximity or as Ramires said: “a penis being in front of my face.”
Moreover, I haven’t heard anything about these women fighting back and why did they allow themselves to be put in such a vulnerable position to begin with? Neither one of these women have spoken about being forced to attend a party or to drink alcohol to the point of being inebriated while at the party.
They went there without coercion and consumed alcohol on their own volition.
Personally, if I’m put in a position that could potentially violate my manhood, trust me, you could bet your last EFFING dollar that I’m going to fight back!
In my opinion, these girls/women wanted to be where they were at, and the boys/men perhaps did what they are being accused of, … period!
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They should have sex consent forms and they should video recorded during the signing.
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I __________ am intoxicated to the point of being impaired and I think it would be great if you would (select all that apply):
[ ] Wave your junk in my face.
[ ] Forcibly attempt to remove my clothes and cover my mouth if I yell for help.
Sign here
Kavanaugh may need to add more checkboxes before this thing is done…
Also, my gut says he would not have received consent in spite of how many boys/men might think so.
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