Marissa Pollick, University of Michigan Editor’s note: Education Secretary Betsy DeVos released new regulations on May 6 that govern how sexual assault investigations are handled on college campuses. We asked Marissa Pollick, a University of Michigan lecturer and attorney who specializes in compliance with Title IX – the federal law that governs gender discrimination on…
Mary Margaret Olohan Former Vice President Joe Biden vowed Wednesday to reverse Secretary of Education Betsey DeVos’s Title IX protections for those accused of sexual assault on college campuses. Biden, who faces sexual assault allegations by his former Senate staffer Tara Reade, said in a Wednesday statement that he will reverse DeVos’s rule that seeks…
Shelby Talcotton CNN first called disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein “weakened but unwavering” in a headline Monday evening before changing it following backlash. The article cites Weinstein’s anonymous friends as well as Donna Rotunno and Damon Cheronis, his criminal defense attorneys. It describes Weinstein’s life after over 80 women made allegations against him ranging from sexual…
Peter Hasson Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax denied an uncorroborated sexual assault allegation on Monday. The Washington Post was aware of the allegation last year but declined to publish for lack of corroborating evidence. The Fairfax accusation has drawn comparisons to Democrats’ and the media’s handling of claims against Justice Brett Kavanaugh The uncorroborated sexual…
by Kody Fairfield On Wednesday, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was levied multiple new blows to his continuous claims that, “nobody respects women more than Donald Trump.” Coming off his most recent incidents like the 2005 Access Hollywood audio of himself and host Billy Bush using vulgar language to describe women, and even appearing to laugh off a comment about potential…
You Don’t Have to Be a Feminist to Object to Sexual Assault by Aya Katz The first time I was ever discriminated against for being a woman, it was by an avowed feminist. I had assumed that my Baylor Law School study partner, Patsy, would be my partner for practice court. However, when I asked…
by Phillip Stucky Utah Latino activist Tony Yapias was officially charged with rape last Monday for allegedly assaulting an unnamed woman who tried to end their long-term relationship. Yapias made a name for himself by protesting a rally for Republican nominee Donald Trump in March. Yapias criticized Trump for saying that a lot of illegal…
by Blake Neff A professor at Ithaca College in New York says she no longer teaches about sexual assault during an otherwise-relevant course because too many students were triggered by it. Rebecca Plante is a professor in the school’s sociology department, and teaches a class titled Sociology of Sexualities. Sexual violence seems like it would…
by Amber Loveshe A 19-year old Canadian woman testifying against the man who allegedly raped her at a house party in 2014 was asked by the presiding judge, “Why couldn’t you just keep your knees together?” before he ruled her perpetrator not guilty, according to Eyewitness News 3. Canadian Federal Court Judge Robin Camp went…
By Blake Neff The country’s biggest advocate for civil liberties on U.S. campuses has filed a lawsuit that could blow up a key plank in the Obama administration’s campaign against college sexual assaults. The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) is backing a lawsuit by John Doe, an anonymous former University of Virginia (UVA) law student…