Woke Cornell prof refers to Gen. Z boys as ‘the rapey generation’ while Jeffrey Epstein pal Katie Couric nods along

Manne made the remarks during a conversation with former "TODAY" show host Katie Couric about the effects of social media on young people. The discussion referenced social psychologist Jonathan Haidt's book “The Anxious Generation,” which examines the effects of social media on young people, particularly girls.

Manne critizied Haidt for not adequately addressing the issue of rape, saying his 2024 best-seller had omitted the “most striking and pressing problem about age in terms of social media use among young people.”

“I worry about, if I can put it candidly, the ‘rapey generation.’ I worry that many of these problems are getting worse,” she claimed.

She pointed to “online spaces,” “misogynist pornography,” and YouTube as factors contributing to the problem.

Couric appeared to nod in agreement as Manne discussed her concerns. Her tacit condemnation of young men came despite Couric herself having attended a 2010 dinner hosted by convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein at his New York City townhouse. At the time, Epstein had already pleaded guilty and served an 18-month jail sentence in Florida for paying underage girls to commit sex acts.

Couric reportedly attended the dinner alongside several other prominent figures, including George Stephanopoulos and Chelsea Handler. Also present was famed director Woody Allen, who weathered his own pre-MeToo sex scandal in 1992, when longtime partner Mia Farrow accused him of sexually abusing her 7-year-old daughter.

Couric herself faced criticism in 2017 for failing to address her "TODAY" co-host Matt Lauer's alleged sexual misconduct in the workplace — an open secret that she claimed to have had no knowlege of during their 15-year professional partnership.

Manne became an outspoken critic of "toxic" masculinity at her campus following a female student's high-profile sexual-assault accusations against seven Cornell fraternity members.

“Why do men in groups behave this way? What makes a man in front of an audience of other men offer up a woman like a piece of meat for consumption?” Manne wrote in a New York Times op-ed.

“It’s easy to see, then, how male group dynamics can turn toxic all too quickly: One particularly entitled or cruel man decides to prey on a vulnerable woman, and invites other men to participate. They feel not only excited but even honor bound to take up that invitation,” she added.

She also described the “bro code,” in which she said men avoid confronting each other over misconduct due to group loyalty.

In actuality, the accusations made by Jane Doe have come under scrutiny due to published text messages between the woman and fraternity member Jonathan Newell, one of the men she later accused of sexual assault, where she defended the encounter. In messages dated two days after the 2024 encounter, Newell apologized, writing that his memory was “kinda fuzzy” and that he and another fraternity member felt terrible for being too intoxicated to “shut it down and kick people out before it got way out of hand.”

“You’re an amazing person and I genuinely hope ur not catching as much heat from this as we r. We’ve been shutting down any stories we’ve heard but again I’m so so sorry,” he wrote.

Doe responded by saying her memory was also “super clouded” and that she believed everyone had been too “drunk and high.” She wrote that she enjoyed the encounter and said she was facing some “expected” backlash.

“At the end of the day non of the sexual stuff was illegal and honestly i really liked being w u and matt. so anthing anyone has to say about the gamgbang [sic] is out of their jurisdiction. i don’t think we should feel any shame for the part. our body our choice asf,” she declared.

She also said the group-sex incident would be “funny in a couple of months.”

The accused fraternity members have faced a range of disciplinary actions from the university, including expulsions and a three-year ban from setting foot on campus. They currently are the subject of a criminal investigation being led by New York Attorney General Letitia James, who reopened the case after Tompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten initially declined to file charges.

In a separate development, one Cornell graduate student was suspended from his job and subjected to doxing after being mistakenly linked to the alleged assault.