Boaventura de Sousa Santos has been accused of sexual harassment by five women. He has released an article where he apologizes generically for having had some "inappropriate" attitudes towards some women in the past.
"I belong to a generation in which inappropriate, if not sexist, behavior was accepted by society," he says. The tone of this article contrasts with that of his first response after the allegations were disseminated, where he accused one of the women of slandering and defaming him.