Title IX & civil rights on campus.

mini
Mon, 23 Apr 2012 19:29:10 +0000

The students are not being disciplined, suspended, or expelled for rape, but for contributing to an environment which is unconducive to learning for all students under Title IX.

If my alma mater encouraged the 44 students raped (I’m not counting the sexual assaults) to take their cases to the police last year, the police and prosecutors would have been entirely overwhelmed. Some cases would likely have been pursued; many wouldn’t. Those convicted would have looked very nostalgically at a time when they would simply have been disciplined by the college. Those not convicted would still likely face civil suits where the preponderance of evidence statute would have held, and the colleges would have been sued by the women they failed to protect (and usually have settled out-of-court, because the exposure is simply too great to defend).

I think the action now being taken is a great step forward.