<p>Having a daughter who recently graduated from Brown, we’ve had some interesting conversations about this article the video etc. As the Huff Post article mentions at the end, this is not isolated to Brown, but a problem at I would surmise most college campuses. I think Brown is in part in the spot light because Brown students and community are more open and forthcoming about gender/ sexual issues than many other campuses and maybe hold Brown to a better (I wouldn’t say higher, because societies standards are far below what they should be re sexual crimes) level. Certainly there are even colleges where a student would never feel they could report this to their university, and even some where they could not admit to having sex in any form, voluntary or not. Some parents might be misguided to think their children safer at other schools–not so, just things get hushed up more effectively.
In any event I certainly sent my daughter to Brown feeling it was a much safer school re her sexual health, and separately her risk of any assault of any kind, than I would have at most schools. This is for many reasons: the college frats are much more “open” and held to a higher standard that at most/ many schools,(I know this assault took place in a dorm, and not in a frat dorm.) the environment is safer than many college campuses, and this may be just a personal assessment, but Brown students seem to be more open to discussing with their peers what is right and wrong in sexual encounters.
So,while we are both disappointed that Brown did not keep this guy out of the school until the woman graduates, I certainly would still not hesitate to send my daughter off to Brown if she was headed there this fall. </p>