Rebecca Schuman, quite possibly the dumbest person writing about academia in the U.S....

...thinks we could solve the sexual harassment problem in certain disciplines by "banning" independent studies between faculty and students.  Her evidence consists of a few anecdotes.  But that's enough to be published on the web.   But there's an important epistemic question here:   should the rantings of a failed academic (times are very tough, but all the evidence I've seen is that Schuman is not very able) be presented as though they were grown-up reflections on the academic job market?