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Old 10-17-2017, 09:58 PM   #200
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Originally Posted by Nyah View Post
I agree with almost everything you post, but I have to disagree with you here. I hate that victims of sexual assault have to relive the trauma...I've had to do it myself, but sometimes it has to happen to ensure due process and real justice, as it would be with any other type of crime.

This is a great article from a woman I hugely respect, Christina Hoff Summers. In it she details a different take on Title IX and the "Dear Colleague" letter sent out by Russlyn Ali in 2011 that laid out guidelines/mandates on how to deal with sexual misconduct on campus:

http://www.chronicle.com/article/Pro...cess-in/241137



As I said, I believe due process is so important in these cases, regardless of whether it's painful for the victim to relive the experience. I don't think the victim should have their past and reputation exploited. However, it turns into a grey area when it literally comes down to he said/she said. Combine that with campuses that are wary of losing their federal funding, and situations like this occur:



To me, those numbers are unacceptable, and honestly it does real victims no favors either. While I disagree with Betsy DeVos in just about every other aspect, I think this is one issue that she got right. This has to be revisited because as much as people hate to admit it, the accused have rights too. While they should never trump the rights of an alleged victim, they should still be entitled to due process.

If anyone wants to read the actual 2011 "Dear Colleagues" letter in full, here it is:

https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/li...gue-201104.pdf
You can absolutely still properly investigate an accusation without bringing the victim's sexual history into it. It doesn't matter who a victim slept with previously, whether he or she has had 2 partners or 200 partners. It doesn't matter to the investigation at hand. That was the part I was referencing.
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