A High School Assault

The Daily

The New York Times

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🗓️ 20 September 2018

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

The accusation against Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh has set off a national debate about how to address decades-old allegations of sexual aggression by a teenager. Here is one woman’s perspective. Guest: Caitlin Flanagan, who wrote about her experience of sexual assault in The Atlantic. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. This episode contains descriptions of sexual assault.

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0:00.0	From The New York Times, I'm Michael Barbaro.
0:02.5	This is The Data.
0:09.6	Today, the accusations against Judge Kavanaugh
0:13.8	have set off a national debate
0:16.4	about how seriously to treat decades-old allegations
0:20.8	of sexual aggression by a teenager.
0:24.6	One woman's experience.
0:26.6	It's Thursday, September 20th.
0:35.0	Caitlin, you brought your book from home.
0:37.7	One of my earbooks, yes.
0:39.0	What year is it?
0:40.0	It's a 1979 earbook.
0:42.4	From which school?
0:43.9	From high school I graduated from in Long Island, New York.
0:47.7	What's it called?
0:48.9	I'd rather not say because I'm really protecting
0:50.8	this person's identity.
0:52.7	Sure.
1:00.8	Caitlin Flanagan wrote about this period of her life
1:04.0	for the Atlantic magazine.
1:08.8	Can you show me your photograph
1:11.5	from your graduating year?
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