This is an example of the danger of extreme application of "political correctness" in order to defend the "right" to mediocrity, to intolerance, censorship and questioning of the establishment. Carol, the student is a perfect example of the kind of personality needed to enforce either a fascist state or a witch hunt. Her arguments used to define sexual assault takes away the intention of the act and substitutes it not even for the appearance of the act but in the perception of the victim. I explain, the act in question can be seen as an assault or as kidnapping (retaining Carol against her will) but the act cannot be sexual; the last scene as well has a murderous attempt but not a sexual connotation and it is a reaction to a false accusation (perjury). The bottom line is that the self-portrayed victim becomes the victimizer by waving the arguments that make her a victim (sexism, racism, humiliation) and she becomes sexist, cruel, humiliating and patronizing in the name of a distorted concept of political correctness. The mere concept of political correctness, is non-sensical if it is only a way to behave but not of thinking.
Review of Oleanna
