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Napolitano Criticizes OCR Overreach and Questions Colleges’ Ability to Investigate and Adjudicate Campus Sex Assault Cases

October 14, 2015

Napolitano powerfully fleshes out the harm caused by imposing mandates without consulting stakeholders first: college campuses are being asked to serve in multiple roles…But the federal government’s expectations, especially related to investigations and adjudication, seem better-suited to a law enforcement model rather than a complex, diversely populated academic community found on a modern American campus…administrative investigators lack many of the tools necessary to meet the heightened expectations placed on them by these new regulatory requirements…Are these roles that are well suited for our nation’s institutions of higher education?

thefire.org By Joseph Cohn

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Moving the Goalposts: What Feminist ‘Rape Culture’ Discourse Is About

October 12, 2015

…the recent rhetorical fury about “rape culture” is actually an attempt to move the goalposts, in such a way as to criminalize normal male sexual behavior. Under the rules of “affirmative consent,” any attempt by a male to initiate sexual activity with a female, under any circumstances, is presumed to be sexual assault if she says it was. If a man and a woman have any sexual contact whatsoever — a kiss, a hug, anything — and she subsequently claims this contact was “unwanted,” “unwelcome” or “coerced,” then he is presumed guilty of sexual assault.

theothermccain.com

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A national disgrace: another young man accused of rape commits suicide

October 9, 2015

… people who are wrongly accused are left to fend for themselves, despite the fact that a false or wrongful rape claim is among the most traumatic and life-altering events that can happen to anyone. The insensitivity shown to men and boys wrongly accused of sexual assault is unconscionable.

cotwa.info

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What we talk about when we talk about rape

October 5, 2015

Don’t let ideology ever trump justice — for women who are wrongly disbelieved or for men who are wrongly accused — and don’t shy away from precise questions, to clarify what “rape” is when we talk about rape…We need to draw distinctions between behavior that is criminal, behavior that is stupid and behavior that results from the dance of ambiguity.

latimes.com By Carol Tavris

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Survey Labeled Students as Sex Offenders for Violating Policy that Didn’t Exist

September 23, 2015

“Only in an Orwellian world would students be smeared as sex offenders for violating a policy that didn’t even exist,” notes SAVE spokesperson Sheryle Hutter…affirmative consent is a controversial, possibly unconstitutional policy, and most colleges had not implemented the policy when AAU fielded the survey in April 2015.

saveservices Press release

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What The Left And Right Don’t Get About Campus Rape

September 11, 2015

Something is making many young women and more than a few young men unhappy…Although it would seem obvious to warn students about the dangers of excessive drinking, political correctness forbids it…Some of the most famous campus rape stories have turned out, upon closer examination, to be murky…Dozens of male students have also begun to sue universities, claiming violations of due process, or sometimes that they were victims of sex discrimination.

thefederalist.com By Mona Charen

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The big lie behind the campus-rape crusade

September 11, 2015

The researchers said themselves that “there are caveats that make it inappropriate to use the 1-in-5 number in the way it’s being used today, …and warned that “the 1-in-5 statistic is not a nationally representative estimate of the prevalence of sexual assault.”

nypost.com By Madison Iszler

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My warning to incoming and returning college students

September 11, 2015

…an accusation almost ensures a finding of guilt and an expulsion. And the evidence used to justify the expulsion is becoming flimsier and flimsier…Students, especially male students, need to stop viewing sex merely as pleasure or as an expression of affection or love, and begin seeing it as a potentially life-ruining moment.

www.washingtonexaminer.com By Ashe Schow

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Courts, not campuses, should decide sexual assault cases

August 30, 2015

Can schools provide due process for defendants and adequate justice for victims, or do these cases belong in the courts? A formal debate, sponsored by Intelligence Squared, will be held in New York City, September 16th.

intelligencesquaredus.org

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The Coddling of the American Mind

August 22, 2015

Brandeis University president writes an e-mail to the entire student body apologizing to anyone who was “triggered or hurt by the content of the microaggressions.”…In California…a list of offensive statements… “America is the land of opportunity” and “I believe the most qualified person should get the job.”

www.theatlantic.com By Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt

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