2015 Editorials

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

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

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 [...]

Affirmative Consent

AFFIRMATIVE CONSENT: ‘Your guess is as good as mine’ Years ago students at Antioch College in Ohio came up with a novel approach to addressing date rape. The idea was to require students to express their “clear verbal consent” before moving to a new level of sexual intimacy. The affirmative consent policy inspired a now-famous Saturday Night [...]
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Sexual Assault

Media Coverage of New Title IX Regulation

SAVE Following is a partial listing of media accounts about the new Title IX regulation, published through May 20, 2020. The articles represent a broad range of perspectives, both pro and con: DATE OUTLET REPORTER/EDITORIALIST URL 5/20/20 Philadelphia Inquirer op-ed: Jordan Draper https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/title-ix-guidelines-sexual-misconduct-assault-department-of-education-new-jersey-20200520.html 5/19/20 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Editorial https://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2020/05/19/Title-IX-rule-change-due-process-fairness-Betsy-DeVos/stories/202005190013 5/19/20 Washington Post Editorial https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/new-guidance-on-campus-sexual-assault-is-ill-timed-and-partially-ill-advised-but-its-not-a-return-to-the-bad-old-days/2020/05/19/f6aaedc2-9941-11ea-ac72-3841fcc9b35f_story.html 5/17/20 The

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Domestic Violence

Has there been a surge in domestic violence during the Covid-19 pandemic?

Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic the feminist lobby has claimed that there has been a surge* in domestic violence. (*Note that the term ‘surge’ has been well and truly overtaken by now, most recently by ‘staggering increase‘). This development has manifested itself across several countries, with the UN Women agency being a significant

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Title IX

Foxx Statement on Education Department’s Title IX Rule

https://republicans-edlabor.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=406948 Press Releases Foxx Statement on Education Department’s Title IX Rule WASHINGTON, D.C. | May 6, 2020 Today, Republican Leader of the House Education and Labor Committee, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), issued the following statement supporting the Department of Education’s final rule to address the responsibilities of college campuses and K-12 schools under Title IX

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Title IX

Callisto Campus, tool for documenting sexual assault at colleges, discontinued

https://www.stanforddaily.com/2020/04/16/callisto-campus-tool-for-documenting-sexual-assault-at-colleges-discontinued/ Callisto Campus, tool for documenting sexual assault at colleges, discontinued Callisto reverses decision to delete account data following user concerns In an announcement on the services website, Callisto users found out that their data of sexual violence reports would be deleted in June. Callisto eventually changed its decision. (Photo: MICHAEL ESPINOSA/The Stanford Daily) By Esha

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Title IX

COVID-19 Must Not Delay Enactment of New Title IX Regulations

https://www.insidesources.com/covid-19-must-not-delay-enactment-of-new-title-ix-regulations/ U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos (Credit: Gage Skidmore) COVID-19 Must Not Delay Enactment of New Title IX Regulations April 16, 2020 by Patricia Hamill and Samantha Harris Sixteen months ago, the Department of Education proposed Title IX regulations that take seriously the rights of both victims and the accused in campus sexual misconduct

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Title IX

Major sporting events & domestic violence myth

https://www.fighting4fair.com/uncategorized/major-sporting-events-domestic-violence-myth/ Major sporting events & domestic violence myth Feminists claim a bogus strong link between televised football and/or major sports events such as the U.S Superbowl to sudden surges in the incidence of domestic violence. By way of background this topic was formally addressed in another of my blog posts entitled ‘Fudging the figures to support