Some feminist lawyers side with Trump and DeVos.

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2. Interesting read

I confess I was not aware of the details of the Obama guidelines for reporting sexual assault on campus, but as a feminist sort of knee-jerk supported anything to help victims of abuse get justice. But the points made by the law professor about how different and much laxer these regulations are than regs about addressing other criminal acts give me pause. While my heart is still in favor of making things as easy as possible for victims' testimony to be taken seriously no matter what, my head is considering the possibility of false accusations and of consensual sex gone wrong, but then my heart jumps back in and asks what woman would want to put herself through the humiliation of reporting a sexual attack out of spite or regret? Does DeVos cite any other reasons a woman might make a false sexual assault claim?

As in most crimes, the question cui bono is key. I can't imagine reasons a woman might make a false accusation because there is no bono in it for her, but a man denying such an accusation has plenty of bono to gain.

I think sexual assault is a different sort of crime from most others--as are most forms of child abuse--and should be considered in ways that protect the victim in every way possible.

I also believe that by this time men pursuing sexual activity should have learned to get a clear "yes" ahead of time from a sober partner.

BTW the Boston Globe is now also a pay site after you use up your limited number of free viewings, so in future perhaps a summation of the article's main points in addition to the url?