2015 Editorials These 902 editorials and news articles reveal widespread doubts whether rape victims are well served by campus sex panels, regarding the removal of due process rights from the accused, the illogic of Affirmative Consent, expanding definitions of sexual assault, and related issues: Ashe Schow: 2015: A Year of Campus Hysteria – Dec. 31 Robby Soave: Makers of The [...]
2014 678 articles: COTWA: 2014 in Review – December 31 Conn Carroll: White House Rape Data “Not Supported By The Scientific Evidence” – December 31 Ashe Schow: Harvard Law Bows to Federal Gov’t over Campus Sexual Assault Policies – December 31 Leo Hohmann: Activists: Schools Must Teach Sex Consent to Kindergartners – December 31 Joe Pallazolo: Harvard Law Professor: Feds’ Position on Sexual-Assault Policies [...]
2013 198 editorials: KC Johnson: UNC and a Credulous Press – January 19 Pierce Harlan: The State of the Union for the Wrongly Accused is Bleak – January 21 Joseph Cohn: KC Johnson to Journalists: Stop Presuming Guilt – January 22 Amelia Evrigenis: Sexual Violence on Campus: College Lowers Standards of Proof – January 23 KC Johnson: Yale’s Bizarre Sexual Misconduct Hearings – February 1 Community [...]
42 editorials: Heather MacDonald: Are One in Five College Women Sexually Assaulted? – April 5 Wendy Kaminer: Sexual Harassment and the Loneliness of the Civil Libertarian Feminist – April 6 Hans Bader: Education Department Shreds Presumption of Innocence in April 4 Letter – April 8 Cathy Young: Sexual Assault on Campus–Is it Exaggerated? – April 18 Hans Bader: Falsely Accused Teachers and Students will be Harmed – May [...]
Editorials Since 2011, thousands of editorials have criticized the Department of Education’s sexual assault policies, lack of due process, infringements on free speech, the notion of “rape culture,” affirmative consent, and related issues: 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011
Campus Accountability and Safety Act Four opinion polls reveal Americans place far greater confidence in the criminal justice system than in campus committees to handle sexual assault allegations. Nonetheless, the Campus Accountability and Safety Act endorses and expands upon the current regime of campus adjudication of sexual assault cases. CASA was first introduced in 2014 (S.2692 and H.R.5354). It was reintroduced [...]
The Hunting Ground: ‘No Insensitive Questions’ “We don’t operate the same way as journalists — this is a film project very much in the corner of advocacy for victims, so there would be no insensitive questions or the need to get the perpetrator’s side” — THG co-producer Amy Herdy The Hunting Ground, a film about campus sexual [...]
Climate Surveys In an effort to monitor the extent of campus sexual assault, many colleges have implemented “climate surveys” of students. The survey developers typically avoid using the words “rape” and “assault.” Instead, they ask if the students experienced any types of sexual contact, and if these contacts were “unwanted.” The problem with the word [...]
August 29, 2013: Letter to Kim A. Gandy, President of National Network to End Domestic Violence Recently we reviewed your Fact Sheet found at http://nnedv.org/downloads/Stats/NNEDV_DVSA_factsheet2010.pdf. We compared the information found in your Fact Sheet against 10 objective criteria. Unfortunately, we found your Fact Sheet met only 2 of the 10 criteria. Summary Sheet Organization: NNEDV F Name [...]
August 1, 2013: Letter to Esta Soler, President, Futures without Violence Recently we reviewed your Fact Sheet found at http://www.futureswithoutviolence.org/content/action_center/detail/754. We compared the information found in your Fact Sheet against 10 objective criteria. Unfortunately, we found your Fact Sheet met only 3 of the 10 criteria. Summary Sheet Name of president: Esta Soler F Organization: Futures Without Violence Dept. [...]
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