The University Policy That Fails Everyone

[Valin]

Via Meadia:

11/20/14

 

Amid growing concern over sexual misconduct on American college campuses, the idea that the accused don’t deserve full legal representation has put some feminists and university administrators on the wrong side of morality and of the law. Fortunately, the reaction against this overreach is gaining ground, according to a new piece in the New York Times on lawyers who are pushing back against the way colleges handle these kinds of disciplinary proceedings:

 

(Snip)

 

Rape is a horrible crime. To say that young people accused of rape are entitled to fair legal protections isn’t to endorse, defend, or enable rape. Nor is it to ignore the struggles that victims have in being believed or getting justice or protection. Sadly, some people have lost sight of these obvious facts.

 

Nevertheless, sending a few more lawyers to college campuses will not change the cultural conditions that have led to widespread sexual assault. The dysfunction of campus sexual assault policy—for the victims and the accused alike—traces to the mess that college life has become for many students. Where binge drinking, drug use, and the hook-up culture have taken hold, vulnerable young people are exposed to painful and damaging interactions. Meanwhile, administrators are often reluctant to address these toxic trends, and ill-equipped to handle the fallout.

 

(Snip)

[Cyber_Liberty]

It's sort of funny, in a sick way. Professors are allowed to diddle their students, even if it means the students are using sex to acquire better grades, but colleges crack down on peer-to-peer relations instead.

[Valin]

It's sort of funny, in a sick way. Professors are allowed to diddle their students, even if it means the students are using sex to acquire better grades, but colleges crack down on peer-to-peer relations instead.

 

If I were a young man at college today, I would exercise caution.

[Cyber_Liberty]

 

It's sort of funny, in a sick way. Professors are allowed to diddle their students, even if it means the students are using sex to acquire better grades, but colleges crack down on peer-to-peer relations instead.

 

If I were a young man at college today, I would exercise caution.

 

 

Word. Learn the "2x2 Rule." Never be alone with a female of the species. I don't think you're safe with this bunch even if you're married to the female in question. Ever heard of marital rape?