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EarlG

(21,894 posts)
Mon Oct 1, 2018, 12:16 PM Oct 2018

Pic Of The Moment: Meanwhile, As Republicans Push Brett Kavanaugh Onto The Supreme Court...



Amid Kavanaugh controversy, Trump administration plans to relax sexual assault rules on campus


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Pic Of The Moment: Meanwhile, As Republicans Push Brett Kavanaugh Onto The Supreme Court... (Original Post) EarlG Oct 2018 OP
K&R Gothmog Oct 2018 #1
Denying Justice to Campus Sexual Assault Survivors Saves Colleges Money niyad Oct 2018 #2
College assault marehare Oct 2018 #20
sadly, you are quite correct. niyad Oct 2018 #23
Probably helps their rep, too. malthaussen Oct 2018 #21
exactly!!! niyad Oct 2018 #22
Another poster used the verb "Kavanaughs". Timely keithbvadu2 Oct 2018 #3
I wondered if this would be come a verb, i.e. he Kavanaughed me libdem4life Oct 2018 #4
I'd rather be Ginsburged IronLionZion Oct 2018 #18
GOP position on campus "He said/She said. Cyrano Oct 2018 #5
this is the way people view he said/she said anyway in these cases. the women always niyad Oct 2018 #24
Oh no this is terrible JonLP24 Oct 2018 #6
Just say Bork it and Kavanaugh the jerk. dchill Oct 2018 #7
Damn. This relaxing the sexual assault rules could mean NCjack Oct 2018 #8
This is not the Republican party of my youth SpankMe Oct 2018 #9
Yup...much easier to get the boys from the "club" into high positions of POWER...... Bengus81 Oct 2018 #10
Of course sexual assault is okay with Trump! Rhiannon12866 Oct 2018 #11
I wonder how boosters and fans of college sports feel about this. radicalliberal Oct 2018 #12
sports are the most important part of college, don't you know?? niyad Oct 2018 #25
K&R Scurrilous Oct 2018 #13
MAGA Make America Grope Again DesertRat Oct 2018 #14
God, I hate these Republicans ... yuiyoshida Oct 2018 #15
It's October, one month before the midterms, and the Republicans are pissing off women. tclambert Oct 2018 #16
I read about this. DeVos said... JohnnyRingo Oct 2018 #17
I didn't know ditsy could read!! niyad Oct 2018 #26
He's certainly not a student of the three Rs. JohnnyRingo Oct 2018 #27
that works, but I was referring to ditsy devos. niyad Oct 2018 #28
Always part of the problem, never the solution IronLionZion Oct 2018 #19
We gonna let these loser fucks get away with this? Blue Owl Oct 2018 #29

niyad

(112,434 posts)
2. Denying Justice to Campus Sexual Assault Survivors Saves Colleges Money
Mon Oct 1, 2018, 12:20 PM
Oct 2018

(may betsy receive everything she deserves, as the war on women continues apace)


Denying Justice to Campus Sexual Assault Survivors Saves Colleges Money


Yesterday, an Education Department analysis revealed that Secretary Betsy DeVos’s newly proposed Title IX rules would significantly decrease the number of reports of and investigations into campus sexual misconduct, therefore saving colleges and school districts millions of dollars over the next decade. Under the new rules, investigations into college campus sexual misconduct would drop 39 percent, and investigations into sexual misconducts involving elementary and secondary education institutions would drop 50 percent.

According to a New York Times report, DeVos is proposing new rules that would narrow the definition of sexual harassment, reduce liability for schools and universities, and strengthen protections for students accused of assault, harassment, or rape. Schools would be required to approach all investigations under the presumption that the accused is innocent, placing the burden on the victim to prove they were assaulted. “The Trump administration is sending us back to an ugly time when rape victims suffered in silence in our schools, and perpetrators were able to assault multiple women with impunity,” said Gaylynn Burroughs, Director of Policy and Research at the Feminist Majority Foundation, in a previous statement. This new rules adopt the Supreme Court’s definition of sexual harassment, which is defined as “unwelcome conduct on the basis of sex that is so severe, pervasive and objectively offensive that it denies a person access to the school’s program or activity.”

According to the New York Times report, this new standard would find an institution in violation of the law “only if its response to the sexual harassment is clearly unreasonable in light of known circumstances.” Further, the proposed rule allows schools to decide whether to have an appeals process when addressing sexual assault and allows the use of mediation between the victims and perpetrators, essentially forcing victims to “work it out” with their rapists.

Last year, DeVos rescinded policies and guidance that protected survivors of sexual assault and worked to reduce the high rates of sexual misconduct on school campuses. “Through this action, we are left wondering whether Secretary DeVos takes equal access to education for survivors seriously,” testified Burroughs before Office of Postsecondary Education. “By withdrawing the 2011 and 2014 guidance, this Administration has unfortunately sent the message that women’s education is disposable. They can either put up with sexual violence or get out.” One in five women and one in sixteen men will be sexually assaulted while in college, and 90 percent of survivors will never report the attack.

http://feminist.org/blog/index.php/2018/09/11/denying-justice-to-campus-sexual-assault-survivors-saves-colleges-money/

 

marehare

(40 posts)
20. College assault
Tue Oct 2, 2018, 10:22 AM
Oct 2018

So women or men who are assaulted on school campus should report to regular police and avoid campus police who do nothing. Trump is trying to take away every support an assaulted woman or man has on campus to save colleges money. So damn sick.

Vote Blue.

malthaussen

(17,066 posts)
21. Probably helps their rep, too.
Tue Oct 2, 2018, 10:43 AM
Oct 2018

If they won't pursue assault cases, there will be fewer assault cases reported, and thus the place won't seem like the sewer it really is.

-- Mal

 

libdem4life

(13,877 posts)
4. I wondered if this would be come a verb, i.e. he Kavanaughed me
Mon Oct 1, 2018, 01:03 PM
Oct 2018

Hard to sit on the SCOTUS when you are a verb....LOL. Great minds, you know.

Cyrano

(15,023 posts)
5. GOP position on campus "He said/She said.
Mon Oct 1, 2018, 01:08 PM
Oct 2018

So are Republicans going to pass a law stating that what "he said" counts and what "she said" doesn't?

This horrible party of know-nothings must be defeated and their ideology must be buried forever.

And a sane opposition party must be created.

A country cannot exist under one party rule. But the Republican Party have proven themselves to be fascists. And a sane Republican Party must come into being.

niyad

(112,434 posts)
24. this is the way people view he said/she said anyway in these cases. the women always
Tue Oct 2, 2018, 11:13 AM
Oct 2018

lie, the men always tell the truth.

NCjack

(10,279 posts)
8. Damn. This relaxing the sexual assault rules could mean
Mon Oct 1, 2018, 01:34 PM
Oct 2018

that the GOP has more Kavanaughs enrolled in colleges, on the path to the SC.

SpankMe

(2,937 posts)
9. This is not the Republican party of my youth
Mon Oct 1, 2018, 02:31 PM
Oct 2018
"...so severe, pervasive and objectively offensive that it denies a person access to the school's education program or activity."

It's open season to harass and intimidate students with all sorts of sexual innuendo. As long as he student can still hobble to class the next day - we're all good, right!

The asshole party maintains its reputation.

Bengus81

(6,907 posts)
10. Yup...much easier to get the boys from the "club" into high positions of POWER......
Mon Oct 1, 2018, 03:23 PM
Oct 2018

No shock about anything Trump and his goons would propose at this point. This is a CABAL in the highest positions of our Government.

Rhiannon12866

(202,970 posts)
11. Of course sexual assault is okay with Trump!
Mon Oct 1, 2018, 03:56 PM
Oct 2018

He ran on it! How anyone could condone this - especially women - totally boggles the mind!

yuiyoshida

(41,759 posts)
15. God, I hate these Republicans ...
Mon Oct 1, 2018, 08:40 PM
Oct 2018

And if I was groped, you best charge me with Assault and Battery right now, cause this girl will fight back with every ounce of fight I have left in me. Kick, bite, scratch and Elbows!

tclambert

(11,080 posts)
16. It's October, one month before the midterms, and the Republicans are pissing off women.
Mon Oct 1, 2018, 09:18 PM
Oct 2018

Please, do carry on. The pink wave will drown them.

JohnnyRingo

(18,581 posts)
17. I read about this. DeVos said...
Mon Oct 1, 2018, 10:21 PM
Oct 2018

...the Obama rule was skewed too heavily in favor the accuser.

I'm not sure how she plans to even those scales, but it's not good news for women who suffer at the hands of aggressive students and faculty members. DeVos is a piece of elite crap, but she's still a woman. Just like Ivanka's ass, this has Donald Trump's fingerprints all over it.

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