Remember Amy Chua, the millionaire Yale law professor? She wrote a book called Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother in which she bragged about abusing her daughters. She claimed this was raising children the "Chinese way".
Well, Chua enthusiastically endorsed Supreme Court nominee and would-be teen rapist Brett Kavanaugh as a "mentor to women". Yale provided Kavanaugh with law clerks. Chua played an "outsized role" in vetting the clerks who worked for Kavanaugh and Kavanaugh had an official role in vetting clerks for the U.S. Supreme Court.
Chua told female law students preparing to interview with Kavanaugh that they should dress like models and exude a "model-like" femininity.
Chua's scumbag husband, Jed Rubenfeld, also an influential Yale law professor, told a female student that Kavanaugh liked a "certain look".
Rubenfeld told the student that she should send photos of herself to Chua so she could help her decide how to dress. Chua herself is known for her mini-skirts.
According to the Guardian, "Chua allegedly told the students that it was 'no accident' that Kavanaugh’s female clerks 'looked like models'. Student reacted with surprise, and quickly pointed out that Chua’s own daughter was due to clerk for Kavanaugh.
"A source said that Chua quickly responded, saying that her own daughter would not put up with any inappropriate behaviour."
So Chua thought there was inappropriate behavior to put up with? And she thought her daughter, who she proudly trained to meekly endure years of abuse, wouldn't go along with it?
Chua emailed a statement to the Guardian: “For the more than
10 years I’ve known him, Judge Kavanaugh’s first and only litmus test in
hiring has been excellence. He hires only the most qualified clerks,
and they have been diverse as well as exceptionally talented and
capable.
“There is good
reason so many of them have gone on to supreme court clerkships; he only
hires those who are extraordinarily qualified. As I wrote in the Wall
Street Journal, he has also been an exceptional mentor to his female
clerks and a champion of their careers. Among my proudest moments as a
parent was the day I learned our daughter would join those ranks.”
A Yale Law School official emailed a statement: “This is the first we have heard claims that Professor Chua coached
students to look ‘like models’. We will look into these claims promptly,
taking into account the fact that Professor Chua is currently
unreachable due to serious illness. If true, this advice is clearly
unacceptable.”
Chua's husband, Rubenfeld, is already under investigation for something. In order to preserve his victims' anonymity, they wouldn't tell him what the charges were specifically.
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