Campus sexual assault charges carry dangers for boys as well

Submitted by Mastodon on Tue, 2014-11-18 21:48

Article here. Excerpt:

'The line between consensual sex and sexual assault is not always comfortably clear. Especially when alcohol is involved. Especially in the context of the college hookup culture.

No doubt, sexual assault on campus is a serious problem that authorities have too often ignored. Yet the new insistence that women must not be shamed into silence and that consent must be evident threatens to edge too far the other way, turning young men who may have misread a sexual situation into accused rapists.'

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Do my eyes deceive me? The WaPo actually running a piece questioning the wisdom of campus rules that presume an accused male student is guilty of a sex-related violation of some campus conduct code, leaving little or no room for exoneration?

Pinch me, I must be dreaming.

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Submitted by Matt on Fri, 2014-11-21 03:23

I agree, Matt. Although, I was awakened from my dream-like state by this line:

"No doubt, sexual assault on campus is a serious problem that authorities have too often ignored"

No doubt? Any reasonable person has plenty of doubts that this is true. I'm sure that there are some such cases, but there are also cases where the authorities have over-reacted, and where the alleged victim has lied through her teeth.

I suppose that I should let it pass, and I should be happy with the small victory that this represents. And, indeed, I am. But, I can't help but note how far we still have to go.

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Submitted by StayingFit on Sat, 2014-11-22 00:25