We don't want to give him a pass, we just don't think society should suffer for his sins.
The loss here isn't a scare-quotes loss, it's a real loss. Removing freely accessible, high quality instruction makes it just that much less likely future generations of people (including women) seeking to be scientists will succeed.
No one has said genius academic output forgives sexual harassment. That's a straw man. It's not under discussion here.
Punish him for his actions. That should be done. What we're saying is that the action MIT has chosen punishes everyone else as well.
We don't want to give him a pass, we just don't think society should suffer for his sins.
The loss here isn't a scare-quotes loss, it's a real loss. Removing freely accessible, high quality instruction makes it just that much less likely future generations of people (including women) seeking to be scientists will succeed.
No one has said genius academic output forgives sexual harassment. That's a straw man. It's not under discussion here.
Punish him for his actions. That should be done. What we're saying is that the action MIT has chosen punishes everyone else as well.