Gender Makeup among Title IX Coordinators

Submitted by Mastodon on Sat, 2013-06-15 01:57

Article here. Excerpt:

'Eighty-three percent of Title IX coordinators are female, the National Association of Scholars found in a sample study.
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In short, the gender-equity enforcers seem to have gender-inequity problem when it comes to choosing staff members. Peter Wood explains why this could be a problem:

Considering that the overwhelming preponderance of sexual harassment allegations are directed by women at men, the disproportion of women to men in the positions charged with interpreting and enforcing the sexual harassment rules is a legitimate concern. Are male students who are accused of sexual harassment likely to receive fair-minded treatment in these offices? They already face a system of rules and definitions jerry-rigged by the Office of Civil Rights to deny them the presumption of innocence and to minimize due process guarantees.'

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College presidents are mostly men, yet they have been all over the criminalization of male students like white on rice. The issue here is that "male = guilty". An accusation is sufficient; no other "evidence" is required. In various kinds of governments, most times, state prosecutors are male while the political officials (elected and not) are male, and the arrestees for any given crime are male. Does the fact that the prosecutors are male help the male prisoners? If anything, this works against them.

The Title IX coordinators/deans of students/etc. can all be housecats for all it matters. As long as universities' systems of "student justice" presume male students are guilty of anything they're accused of, just plain being a male on a US college campus will remain a "criminal" act in and of itself.

Once you realize the ultimate goal here is to drive men off college campuses and out of higher education in general, you'll understand what's happening a lot better and be able to put it into context. Until then, it'll all just look weird to you (and indeed, it is weird-- and sad, too).

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Submitted by Matt on Sat, 2013-06-15 15:16