HOW OFTEN are Males Discriminated Against? OCR Investigations are Increasing. UT-Austin. YALE. USC. All 3 are in Trouble.
The U.S. Department of Education has launched an investigation into allegations that the University of Texas improperly handled harassment claims against a male student. According to a June letter, the Department’s Office for Civil Rights has agreed to investigate whether “UTA treated you differently of the basis of sex (male) during the University’s investigation into allegations of sexual harassment filed against you by subjecting you to differential treatment.” The male student who graduated this spring, says that while he was still in school a female student filed six Title IX complaints against him over two years: three for harassment, two for stalking, and one for a violation of a no-contact order. The graduate denies any wrongdoing, but UTA’s Title IX office found him guilty on two of the six allegations- a determination that he believes was made on “very questionable grounds.” Not long after, the graduate also filed a Title IX counter-complaint against the female student, alleging stalking and sexual harassment as well. However, he alleges that the Title IX office dismissed it due to his gender, a violation of Title IX policy if true. Hence, the OCR agreed to investigate “Whether UTA retaliated against you by finding you guilty of sexual assault and harassment…because you previously filed an OCR complaint against the University alleging discrimination on the basis of sex, in violation of Title IX.” Finally, the OCR also agreed to investigate his allegation that UTA “retaliated against you when the University temporarily banned you from the University campus, because you previously filed OCR complaints against the University on the basis of sex.”…Besides UT-Austin, OCR recently opened investigations into YALE & USC and for discrimination against males.
campusreform.org Toni Airaksinen
