Did he or didn’t he—avoid shaking her hand?
We know rape cases often come down to a “He said – She said” impasse.
But a handshake?
Good thing there’s video.
Emma Sulkowicz, who graduated from Columbia University last week, has made headlines for her senior thesis—a performance art project where she carries a mattress wherever she goes on campus.
It’s an odd but effective act of protest, a visual sign indicating her burden as a victim of rape and the failure of Columbia University officials to act on her rape complaint against a fellow student.
The accused male student, Paul Nungesser, has subsequently filed a lawsuit against the university for failing to protect him from what he believes are false accusations as a form of harassment that have marked him for life.
