Female Student Said, 'I'm Fine and I Wasn't Raped.' University Investigated, Expelled Boyfriend Anyway.
I've heard of false rape allegations raised by one of the parties involved - but that's probably the first time I heard about false allegations being raised by a third, uninvolved party. Especially since both parties involved deny these allegations.
edited 20th Apr '16 11:54:18 AM by DrunkenNordmann
We learn from history that we do not learn from historyYeah, that's pretty unambiguous and other sources are backing up the story. I look forward to seeing where this suit goes.
Minor nitpick with reason.com: her name probably isn't Jane Doe. She's named Jane Doe in the suit, but that doesn't mean her name is Jane Doe. "Jane Doe" is the female equivalent of John Doe; it's the designated name for an identity that is unknown or being withheld.
edited 20th Apr '16 12:00:08 PM by TobiasDrake
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.Title IX is part of the United States Education Amendments of 1972 and states the following:
Its original purpose was to keep educational institutions and federal programs from barring women from higher education due to their sex, but in this context, the point is being made that the college's presumption of guilt was based entirely on the accused's sex and is therefore a violation of Title IX.
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.Seriously, they had consensual sex. They both are in full agreement about that. That's no reason for him to be expelled. Honestly, it sounds like a witch hunt. Poor guy, and poor gal too. The guy has his education taken from him and the woman is being denied her agency.
Reality is that, which when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. -Philip K. DickBy being an arse. I'm wondering if this is a general witch hunt (as in the administration wanting to be able to say that they expelled X number of rapists) or more personal, the boss person wanted to suspend/expel the guy for their own reasons and just used this as an excuse.
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ CyranWhile victim blaming and other aspects of rape culture are definitely big problems in our society, there's also an opposite side of the coin where some people are very willing to believe that the person is guilty no matter what. Some people want blood. Obviously people going forth maliciously indicting people they know didn't do it is probably very uncommon, I have heard that misidentifying people isn't
quite
as uncommon.
edited 20th Apr '16 7:37:47 PM by wehrmacht
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This, I can guarantee you even with both parties saying that the encounter was completely consensual on both sides that there still will be people trying to insist that the guy totally raped her and she just doesn't realize it.
It's rather sad really just how much humans will justify there own miscarriages of justice.
Formerly known as Bleddyn And I am feeling like a ghost Resident Perky GothNow, regarding that supposed MRA phase, are you sure it wasn't a libertarian phase? That's a ideological group that also tends to be critical of feminism, albeit for different, and far more defensible and rational reasons than right wing attacks on feminism.
edited 21st Apr '16 9:32:19 AM by CaptainCapsase
The biggest ones are concerns about authoritarian tendencies in some extreme schools of feminist thought, and though I would argue libertarians tend to seriously overestimate the size and power of those fringe groups, I do acknowledge that it's a legitimate concern.
edited 21st Apr '16 9:45:15 AM by CaptainCapsase
Right wing libertarians perhaps (which in fairness, is often how the term is used in the United States), you do realize there's two axes on the political spectrum? (left-right and libertarian-authoritarian)
Though I suppose it needs to be clarified that the people with reasonable objections aren't the ones objecting to the basic premise of feminism (men and women should be treated equally).
edited 21st Apr '16 10:30:32 AM by CaptainCapsase

It's deeper than that. It's tied up in tribal and clan identity with a religious varnish hastily thrown on top.