A Witch-hunt at the University of Colorado?

Frankly, the sexual assault scandals at both the Air Force Academy and CU have had the foul smell of witch-hunts from the start. In this essay, Wendy McElroy gives her take on the growing skepticism in response to claims of sexual assault.

On the whole, I think this is a fine piece, but I do have to take some exception to her statement, "I was raped years ago. As a teenager, I ran away from home and lived on the streets, which placed me in a high-risk category for violence. Were I to go to Richard Grego right now, would he listen with sympathy or skepticism? If the answer is "skepticism," should I blame Grego or the university/tax-funded program of false awareness that pushed a compassionate person toward disbelief?"

No blame should be attached to the skepticism. Every accusation of a crime should be viewed with skepticism until it is shown that the crime did, in fact, take place.

I can speak about this with the perspective that comes with personal experience. I was raped when I was 14. But my statement regarding the matter should be viewed with skepticism by those who weren't witnesses.

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