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Conservative writer Helen Andrews revisits her controversial "The Great Feminization" essay to critique New York Governor Kathy Hochul's decision to appoint Attorney General Letitia James as a special prosecutor for the Cornell 7 case. Hochul emphasized that this move reflects a female perspective on justice, suggesting women might handle the case differently than men. Andrews argues that this approach undermines legal principles and due process, highlighting concerns about the feminization of legal systems.
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Conservative writer Helen Andrews recently revisited her essay "The Great Feminization" in a piece for Compact, discussing how gender dynamics influence power structures. Last year, she argued that an overemphasis on women's perspectives can lead to legal systems prioritizing accusers' sympathies over due process, exemplified by campus Title IX tribunals. In October 2024, New York Governor Kathy Hochul appointed a special prosecutor to investigate a possible rape at a Cornell University fraternity house, highlighting the potential for gender bias in such cases. Andrews contends that this move supports her argument about the feminization of legal systems and its implications for due process.
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This time last year, the conservative writer Helen Andrews delivered one of the most talked about essays in recent memory.
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Published in “Compact” and titled “The Great Feminization,” it argued that the woke era was best understood in terms of the differences between men and women.
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“Cancel culture is simply what women do whenever there are enough of them in a given organization or field,” she wrote.
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The essay established Andrews as one of the most provocative voices on sex and power in American life, launching a thousand responses.
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It also included a stark warning: A feminized legal system would come to represent campus Title IX tribunals, where sympathy for accusers outweighed due process.
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Hence why we were so interested to see another piece by Andrews in “Compact” this week, revisiting her argument and relating it to the case of the Cornell 7.
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Late last month, two years after the local district attorney declined to bring charges in an alleged rape at a fraternity house, New York governor Kathy Hochul handed the case to Attorney General Letitia James and suggested that two women might see it differently than men would.
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On that point, Andrews agrees.
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What follows is her case on why that should worry us all.
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New York governor Kathy Hochul emphasized her gender when asked on October 3 about her appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate a possible rape at a fraternity house at Cornell University in 2024.
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Hochul is the first woman to serve as New York’s governor.
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Letitia James, the woman she appointed as special prosecutor, is the state’s first female attorney general.
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Seeing these two women take on the Cornell case has a special symbolism, Hochul explained.
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“I’ve heard from a lot of people,” she said.
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“The image gives them comfort to know that two women perhaps are looking at this differently than men would in the same position.”
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The approach to the law reflected in the New York Democratic officials’ handling of the Cornell case represents a distinctively female perspective.
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Hochul said she felt it necessary to appoint a special prosecutor because she had “lost faith in the Tompkins County DA’s ability” to handle the case.
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The motto “Inclusion Through Diversity” appears at the top of all the documents his office has published regarding this matter.
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The reason he did not bring charges two years ago was because, on the basis of the accuser’s sworn statement, no crime had occurred.
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