July 24, 2011

College Administrators Target Campus Sex

[From article]
"A new mandate from the federal Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights forces all universities that get federal funding to judge claims of sexual assault using a "preponderance of the evidence" standard -- the lowest standard of proof, at about 50.01 percent certainty.
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Plus, the campus panel that heard the case had been "trained" using documents boldly proclaiming that "everyone should be very, very cautious in accepting a man's claim that he has been wrongly accused of abuse or violence" and that one indication of an abuser is that he will "act persuasive and logical."
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What's more, these absurd definitions of consent and reduced due-process protections in sexual-assault cases reek of sexist assumptions -- that women are so weak that a drop of alcohol negates our ability to make choices, that we're incapable of living as equals in a free and fair society."

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/the_feds_mad_assault_on_campus_sex_zjUl29Y8d3NmoYOkKchblO

The feds' mad assault on campus sex
By SAMANTHA HARRIS
New York Post
Last Updated: 12:26 AM, July 20, 2011
Posted: 11:18 PM, July 19, 2011

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