The feminist collective Les Metzines and the Socialist Youth Organization have publicly denounced a case of harassment to a student by a professor at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Girona (UdG). The events allegedly took place last June, and the victim reported the incident to the Mossos d’Esquadra. The attack occurred within a “university context” in a UdG building, and the victim immediately reported it to the building’s management, who then advised her to report it to the police.
Feeling “raped” by the situation, the victim reached out to the entities, who called on the university to take action. The UdG decided to separate the teacher from the activity involving the student but failed to provide any further support. Both the student and the entities criticized the lack of accompaniment in this case, with the victim feeling unprotected.
Despite resorting to university-established mechanisms for such cases, the student was told that filing a police report meant the university couldn’t intervene. The professor in question continued to teach normally during this time.
In response to the incident, both groups have organized an open meeting this Friday at 11 a.m. on the stands of the Campus Centre. They argue that while feminism has been institutionalized, universities and other institutions still allow such attacks to occur.
This isn’t the first case affecting UdG. Earlier this year, the university’s Feminist Platform exposed two cases of sexual harassment by a professor of the master’s degree in Teaching Spanish and Català with Segones Llengües, particularly through WhatsApp messages. The professor admitted to making sexual advances but denied harassment. Additionally, a medical professor was publicly accused of making obscene comments to students in 2022.