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Myths and Hoaxes of Sexual Abuse Stoke ‘Politically Useful’ Fear

by Wendy McElroy [S]ince love and fear can hardly exist together, if we must choose between them, it is far safer to be feared than loved.”—Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince, 1513 For those who want to control a population, fear is more useful than love and far easier to elicit. A culture conditioned to feel knee-jerk

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New Title IX Rules Strengthen Rights For Victims and Due Process For Accused

by Michelle Owens For nearly a decade, college administrators used the pseudo-legal authority they received from the Obama Administration to set up Wonderland-worthy courts where the Queen of Hearts’ motto, “sentence first – verdict afterwards,” was the law of the land. While many argued this was done to make it easier for victims to come

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Black Immigrant Chaplain Claims Christian College Used Bogus Title IX Investigation to Fire Him

HENRY KOKKELER – WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY • JULY 16, 2020 ‘From the outset … race was very much at issue’ A professor’s race heavily factored into his firing on the grounds of making racially and sexually insensitive comments, according to his attorney. Wheaton College, known informally as the Harvard of evangelical colleges, publicly announced the dismissal of

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Ringing the Bell of Justice, 14 Attorneys General Remind Colleges of their Legal Duties Under Title IX

PRESS RELEASE Contact: Rebecca Stewart Telephone: 513-479-3335 Email: info@saveservices.org Ringing the Bell of Justice, 14 Attorneys General Remind Colleges of their Legal Duties Under Title IX WASHINGTON / July 20, 2020 – The Attorneys General from 14 states have released an Amicus Brief that summarizes the legal obligations of colleges and universities in responding to

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Blue State AGs Want To Limit College Students’ Due Process Rights. Red State AGs Are Fighting Back

July 18, 2020 by Ashe Schow A group of 18 Blue State attorneys general filed a lawsuit against U.S. Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos earlier this month to try and block new regulations that would provide much needed due process to college students accused of sexual assault. The lawsuit is meant to delay the

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Why Are Some Members of Congress Opposing Due Process Protections for Black Male Students?

SAVE July 14, 2020 During the Senate HELP Committee’s 2015 hearing on campus sexual assault, Harvard Law Professor Janet Halley made the surprising observation that in her experience, “male students of color are accused and punished at ‘unreasonably high rates’ in campus sexual misconduct investigations.” (1) Two years later, journalist Emily Yoffe posed this question

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PR: Growing Number of Schools Being Investigated for Title IX Violations of Sex-Specific Scholarships

PRESS RELEASE Contact: Rebecca Stewart Telephone: 513-479-3335 Email: info@saveservices.org Growing Number of Schools Being Investigated for Title IX Violations of Sex-Specific Scholarships WASHINGTON / July 14, 2020 – Title IX administrators are placing their institutions at risk of a burdensome OCR investigation as colleges continue to violate federal requirements banning scholarships that discriminate on the

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PR: SAVE Files Amicus Brief Against 18 Attorneys’ General, In Support of New Title IX Regulation

PRESS RELEASE Contact: Rebecca Stewart Telephone: 513-479-3335 Email: info@saveservices.org SAVE Files Amicus Brief Against 18 Attorneys’ General, In Support of New Title IX Regulation WASHINGTON / July 10, 2020 – SAVE filed an Amicus Brief yesterday in support of the recently released Title IX regulation, which seeks to restore fairness and due process in campus

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Men’s Lives Matter: Male Victims of Sexual Abuse

by Wendy McElroy | July 1, 2020 When a woman sexually abuses a man, the pain inflicted is dismissed by those whose political paradigm does not include men as victims. Unfortunately, these voices dominate the research, media, and legislation that surrounds the issue of sexual victimization. Their narrative: “Women are victims, men are perpetrators.” This rigid

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Black students four times as likely to allege rights violations in Title IX proceedings

Jonathan Taylor, Founder Title IX for all Among plaintiffs whose races are known and when adjusted for student population, black students are four times as likely as white students to file lawsuits alleging their rights were violated in higher ed Title IX disciplinary proceedings. This data, sourced from lawsuits in our Title IX Legal Database