White House launches 'It's On Us' campaign to combat campus sexual assault

Article here. Excerpt:

'In its ongoing effort to prevent campus sexual assault, the Obama administration on Friday announced the “It’s On Us” campaign, designed to spread responsibility for preventing sexual assault.

“‘It’s On Us’ aims to fundamentally shift the way we think about sexual assault, by inspiring everyone to see it as their responsibility to do something, big or small, to prevent it,” a White House fact sheet on the campaign said.

But wait, I thought having women play an active role in preventing sexual assault was “victim-blaming”? Does “everyone” not include women?
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The “It’s On Us” campaign is ultimately a good step toward prevention, but it predictably ignores due process rights for the accused or any acknowledgement that false accusations occur. Reducing sexual assaults on college campuses is necessary, and part of that equation involves allowing the accused to defend themselves so their lives are not wrongly destroyed.

One other interesting note about the fact sheet is that it doesn't include the statistic that one in five college women will be sexually assaulted during their four-year education, which is an often repeated myth. The debunked statistic does, however, appear in a White House blog from Jeff Zients, director of the National Economic Council.

Bottom line: The “It’s On Us” campaign provides some good information for schools but continues to ignore the rights of the accused.'