Talk:Sofie Karasek

This article must adhere to the biographies of living persons (BLP) policy, even if it is not a biography, because it contains material about living persons. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially libellous. If such material is repeatedly inserted, or if you have other concerns, please report the issue to this noticeboard.

If you are a subject of this article, or acting on behalf of one, and you need help, please see this help page.

Articles for creation

	This article was reviewed by member(s) of WikiProject Articles for creation. The project works to allow users to contribute quality articles and media files to the encyclopedia and track their progress as they are developed. To participate, please visit the project page for more information.Articles for creationWikipedia:WikiProject Articles for creationTemplate:WikiProject Articles for creationAfC articles
	This article was accepted from this draft on 29 August 2018 by reviewer Megalibrarygirl (talk · contribs).

Biography

This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography, a collaborative effort to create, develop and organize Wikipedia's articles about people. All interested editors are invited to join the project and contribute to the discussion. For instructions on how to use this banner, please refer to the documentation.BiographyWikipedia:WikiProject BiographyTemplate:WikiProject Biographybiography articles

Feminism

	Feminism portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Feminism, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Feminism on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.FeminismWikipedia:WikiProject FeminismTemplate:WikiProject FeminismFeminism articles
???	This article has not yet received a rating on the project's importance scale.

Women's History

	History portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Women's History, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Women's history and related articles on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.Women's HistoryWikipedia:WikiProject Women's HistoryTemplate:WikiProject Women's HistoryWomen's History articles
???	This article has not yet received a rating on the project's importance scale.

Her claims are totally false

She was never raped. This is a total lie made up for publicity purposes. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.201.204.246 (talk) 05:47, 4 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

It appears the claim of "rape" is not being made any longer, but rather, "Sexual assault". This may be a big misleading - I suggest the filings in her lawsuit against UC Berkeley, which describe the alleged "sexual assault" should be included in the article. This person is publicly known because of a claim of "sexual assault" and so understanding precisely what is being characterized as "sexual assault" is crucial. I personally would say "sexual assault" is a big overly dramatic as a term to describe what happened. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1702:1CD0:1710:5515:6D29:177F:2861 (talk) 00:19, 11 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I do not see anyone objecting to linking to Karasek's lawsuit against the University of California. I believe this is really very important, as many readers will see calling her a victim of "sexual assault" is misleading - the actual facts of what happened are quite important here.

In fact, that brings up a big issue with both Karasek and some other women known for this type of advocacy - how severe must an incident be to be called "sexual assault" ? I mean, if you have some legal determination of fault - a criminal conviction - then you can use that language - but in a case where one person says they were sexually assaulted, with no details, this can be very misleading.

I also am not sure we can say the University of California "mishandled" her complaint - I think we can say Karasek says that, but I am not sure there is any other source for this claim. If I recall correctly her lawsuit never went anywhere and therefore no such determination was made.