College Rape Hysteria

Submitted by bronxman on Fri, 2013-08-30 09:25

Article here. [Ed.: bronxman's comments submitted with this item appear as the first comment since they were too long to post with the item.] Excerpt:

'A student at Swarthmore College who accused it of being lax in its pursuit of allegations of sexual misconduct says the Pennsylvania college is retaliating against her by denying her a job as a dormitory resident adviser, The New York Times reports. But college officials deny any retaliation. They say they cannot employ the student, Mia Ferguson, because she refuses to tell authorities the name of the victim of an alleged rape.

Ms. Ferguson, who joined other students in filing two complaints with the U.S. Education Department this year over Swarthmore’s handling of sexual-misconduct cases, was accepted for the resident adviser’s position this past spring. The alleged rape occurred three years ago.

Swarthmore officials say they learned of the rape accusation only last week, after Ms. Ferguson brought it up during training for resident advisers. Under federal laws and guidelines and the college’s own policies, they say, Swarthmore must vigorously pursue all accusations of sexual misconduct. Those guidelines and policies, they say, also require employees—including paid resident advisers like Ms. Ferguson—to report any information they have about such accusations.'

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"Feminists want to empower universities to pursue alleged rapists with greater vigor.

The fact is, however, that if a self-defined rape "victim" reports the rape to the police (as she should), she would run afoul of the law if it turns out she lied.

So now feminists want universities to pursue "alleged rapists" under Department of Education guidelines of Title IX. And in those cases, one only needs to have a feeling the "alleged victim" is telling the truth. Men can be expelled just by a "feeling" of guilt, with no proof. There is NO assupmtion of innocence for the men.

So now comes this woman who started this recent hysteria. She claims she knows rape victims. However, she now also wants a job on campus. But the university is asking her to name these victims so they can pursue these stories just like the feminists want... just like she insisted.

However, the woman is refusing to name the victims. This, I think, is a case where she lied to create hysteria, to get herself attention and now does not want to follow the law."

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Submitted by Matt on Fri, 2013-08-30 20:15