ACCUSING a College Male of TIX Sex Assault Is Fine Until It Happens To a Male You Know
University of Texas student, Josephine MacLean, writes at The Daily Texan that she “participated in the MeToo movement and spent hours trying to understand UT’s complicated sexual assault problem.” But while this student supported the policies and movements that assume guilt, she reconsidered some after her male friend was accused. “The email came around 4pm on a Friday. My friend spent the weekend agonizing over what he could be accused of – the initial email only stated that he ‘may have been involved in a violation.” When this male student called the dean’s office to find out what was going on, he was told he could not be helped until he met with Title IX investigators the next month. Later that week, this male student was again told he could not receive more information – this time because the investigators hadn’t reached out to his accuser, since this complaint was brought by a third party. The alleged victim was not contacted for another three weeks, but when she was, she told the Title IX office that she did not want to participate in the investigation. “Facing accusations of assault can be terrifying for anyone,” MacLean wrote. “My friend had so little faith in the system that he couldn’t tell his own mother what he was facing. His reaction and experience with the process made it clear that Title IX cannot serve as the community safety net it is intended as it traumatizes everyone involved in the process.”
dailywire.com By Ashe Schow
