tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30915404515001685662024-03-05T00:42:29.281-08:00SurvJustice NowDespite increasing awareness on the prevalence of sexual assault legal justice is rarely provided to victims. SurvJustice works to change this unfortunate reality through legislative efforts to enforce victim’s rights and providing legal assistance and advocacy for survivors. We believe sexual violence will decrease when society starts providing meaningful justice for the majority of sensitive crime victims.SurvJusticehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00488037310713306267noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3091540451500168566.post-8139569164666180942015-06-02T15:31:00.001-07:002015-06-02T15:34:28.104-07:00The Trouble with Promoting CASALast night, I had the honor of attending <a href="http://vicehbojune1-rsvp.vice.com/">George Washington University</a>'s advanced screening of <a href="http://www.hbo.com/vice#/vice/episodes/3/33-evolution-of-a-plague-and-campus-coverup/video/ep-33-preview.html/eNrjcmbO0CzLTEnNd8xLzKksyUx2zs8rSa0oYc5Xz89JgQkGJKan+iXmpjIXsjFyMjKyMbJJJ5aW5BfkJFbalhSVpgIAV3AXOA==">HBO Vice's upcoming episode on campus sexual assault</a>. <a href="http://survjustice.org/">SurvJustice</a> is largely featured in the episode for providing legal counsel to survivors accessing the campus judicial proceedings on campus. In attending at this event were also Senator Gillibrand and Senator McCaskill, who re-introduced the <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/590">Campus Accountability and Safety Act (CASA) (S.590</a>) this Congress. CASA continues to enjoys bipartisan support and had many organization, including SurvJustice, working hard for months on getting the details right. Despite these efforts, CASA was moved forward without the support of SurvJustice, Know Your IX, AAUW, NWLC, Legal Momentum, as well as several other respected national nonprofits that routinely work on campus sexual assault legislation.<br />
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Despite the heavy promotion of CASA by HBO Vice, the Hunting Ground, and several other high profile organizations there are deep concerns with the bill. To ensure only legislation that helps survivors is passed, SurvJustice provides the following summary of concerns. To take action, please reach out to <a href="http://www.help.senate.gov/about/members">members of the Senate HELP Committee</a> currently reviewing the bill and ask for these concerns to be addressed in Committee.<br />
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Administrative Action)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">As
written, Section 9 of CASA would directly amend the Title IX statute, 20 U.S.C.
1681, which may risk the private cause of action under Title IX. The private
cause of action is important because it allows survivors to bring private
lawsuits against schools that violate their rights. While it is laudable that
CASA seeks an amendment to the 180-day filing window for Title IX complaints
and to provide interim sanction for the U.S. Department of Education to enforce
Title IX, SurvJustice believes it can do this without opening up the Title IX statute
directly.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Opening
up the Title IX statute is risky because as written there is no explicit
private right of action in the statute. Rather the U.S. Supreme Court
interpreted the statute to imply such an action in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cannon v. University of Chicago</i> (1979). Since that time, the Court
has moved away from finding implied causes of action within civil rights
statutes to instead require statutory language to be explicit about creating a
cause of action. While CASA suggests it will preserve “rights and remedies”
currently under Title IX, it does not make the private cause of action explicit
and thus fails to protect against a judicial challenge that may result in the
loss of Title IX as a lawsuit available for survivors. Given the Court’s
current conservative disposition, and willingness to strike down historic civil
rights protections, now is not the time to risk the private cause of action.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">SurvJustice
does support a legislative alternative to opening up the Title IX statute,
which would ensure that the U.S. Department of Education had sufficient interim
sanction to penalize school violating the rights of survivors. This alternative
mechanism is through an amendment to Section 202 of the Department of Education
Organization Act. This amendment would allow the Secretary to have fining power
for any violation pertaining to sexual violence. Additionally, the language of
CASA could be amended to include an administrative directive for the U.S.
Department of Education to reconsider its 180-day filing window rather than mandating
it be changed through opening the statue. Given that the filing window is an administrative
creation, rather than statutory mandate, this seems to be an appropriate and
reasonable alternative approach.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">While
SurvJustice strongly supports amending the 180-day filing window and including
interim sanction power that would allow the U.S. Department of Education to
fine schools found in violation, the risk to the private cause of action under
Title IX counsels against our support of Section 9 in CASA as currently
written. SurvJustice commits to working with the Senate HELP Committee to make
necessary amendments to protect Title IX while increasing its enforceability through
the Department of Education.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(Section 4. University Support for Survivors of Sexual Violence)</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">SurvJustice
is deeply concerned about Section 4 of CASA, which would require colleges and
universities to designate someone, either an employee or an independent
contractor, as a “confidential advisor” for survivors. Despite this portion of
CASA appearing benign or even benefit on its surface, such legislation is rife
with opportunities for institutional abuse and risks currently existing victim
rights under federal law.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Lack of Confidentiality for Survivors<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Under
Section 4, or even elsewhere in CASA, there is no provision that directly ensures
confidentiality for communication with the advisors it mandates schools to
provide to survivors. Instead CASA leaves this task to each state, many of
which do not offer any form of confidentiality or privileged communication
between survivors and advocates. In short, this federal protection is meaningless
without additional state legislation. Without the ability to ensure
confidentiality, or bestow the more meaningful protection of privilege,
survivors will have a false expectation of privacy and fail to be protected
when the accused, or the school, seeks these “confidential” communications to bring
or defend against private lawsuits or other legal proceedings, such as a Title
IX investigation by the U.S. Department of Education. This has already been
seen at the University of Oregon, which accessed a survivor’s confidential
communications with a campus employed counsel in preparation to defend against
lawsuit.<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=3091540451500168566#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">[1]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
SurvJustice believes that there is a need for confidentiality on campus,
however, federal legislation can only offer such confidentiality in a limited fashion,
such as carving out exceptions for the mandatory reporting for responsible employees
under Title IX. SurvJustice is committed to working with the Senate HELP
Committee to ensure such confidentiality for survivors to receive information
on their rights and reporting options, however it cannot support the facade of
privacy as advance by CASA. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Conflicts of Interests for Advisors</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">As
envisioned, the “confidential advisors” in Section 4 of CASA have an inherent
conflict of interest that prevents them from serving the best interest of
survivors. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">CASA requires that an advisor
be a school employee or a community advocate contracted with the school. However,
this employment and/or contractual relationship creates an inherent conflict of
interest given the duty each advisor would then owe to the school over each
individual survivor. Through its national legal work, SurvJustice has seen that
when a conflict of interest arises in campus settings, advocates and advisors
alike often choose the interest of the school over those of the survivor: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;">·</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"> At the California Institute of the Arts,
SurvJustice helped a survivor file a Title IX complaint against the school after
its “victim advocate” only communicated in person with the survivor to avoid a
paper trail that would have catalogued the series of Title IX violations in her
case;<span class="MsoFootnoteReference"> <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=3091540451500168566#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn2;" title=""><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">[2]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;">·</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"> At the University of Nevada – Las Vegas,
SurvJustice helped a survivor file a Title IX complaint against the school whose
Women’s Center has been supportive of her until she wanted to file a Title IX
complaint, at which time it cut communications with her and prohibited her from
working with other victims on campus;<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=3091540451500168566#_ftn3" name="_ftnref3" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn3;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">[3]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;">·</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"> At Hamilton University, SurvJustice helped a
survivor file a Title IX complaint after the school limited her choice of
advisors to then recommend a faculty member who shredded all the survivor’s
documents and notes about the campus hearing without the survivor’s knowledge
and at the direction of the school’s Title IX Coordinator;<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=3091540451500168566#_ftn4" name="_ftnref4" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn4;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">[4]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
and<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;">·</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"> At the California University of Pennsylvania,
SurvJustice assisted a survivor in obtaining private civil counsel after her
advisor refused to provide her access to her campus hearing records only upon
learning of her intention to file a Title IX complaint, despite previously
allowing her continual access to such records.<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=3091540451500168566#_ftn5" name="_ftnref5" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn5;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">[5]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">These are put a few examples
of “advocates,” “advisor,” and other allegedly supportive campus resources choosing
institutional loyalty over the best interest of survivors and at a great cost
to their legal rights.<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=3091540451500168566#_ftn6" name="_ftnref6" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn6;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">[6]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>To remedy these concerns, SurvJustice has redlined
Section 4 of CASA to change “confidential advisors” into “confidential
personnel” who have a more limited role of providing information about rights
and reporting options to survivors while requiring such personnel to note their
inherent conflict of interest and advising survivors of their right to select
an advisor of choice who could in fact offer confidentiality and privilege to
survivors, as discussed <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">infra.</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Diminishing
Current Rights to an Advisor<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">The 2013
Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Reauthorization amended the Clery Act to
ensure all survivors of sexual violence, dating violence, domestic violence,
and stalking now have the right to an “advisor of choice” during campus
meetings and hearings. During the 2014 VAWA Rulemaking Committee, SurvJustice
rigorously debated with other primary negotiators to ensure that the implement
regulations for VAWA prevented institutions of higher education from limiting a
survivor’s choice of an advisor. Therefore current federal law ensure survivors
can chose anyone as an advisor, including those outside the campus community to
include legal counsel,<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=3091540451500168566#_ftn7" name="_ftnref7" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn7;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">[7]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
which can truly offer survivors confidentiality and privilege as well as
zealous advocacy for their legal rights. The use of the word “advisor” in the
upcoming CASA draft provides colleges and universities with an opportunity to
potentially limit this hard-fought-right to an advisor of choice by confusing
and misleading survivors to think they must select the school provided
confidential advisor who has an inherent conflict of interest and cannot
guarantee confidentiality.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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firmly believes colleges and universities should have confidential personnel
who can provide survivors information on their rights and options, however, it opposes
CASA’s suggesting such personal should serve as “advisors” given that there is
no guarantee of confidentiality and there is an inherent conflict of interest
that prevents them from truly serving the best interest of survivors. Without
an amendment to this provision, SurvJustice cannot in good conscience support
CASA given its facilitation of further institutional betrayal of survivors.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Section 5 of CASA on transparency
around Title IX does not go far enough to include transparency around other
campus crimes, such as dating violence, domestic violence, and stalking. The
spectrum of gender-based crimes, as well as other serious campus crimes, are
protected under the federal law known as the Clery Act. Therefore, SurvJustice
believes Section 5 needs to be amended to include public information about the
rights and enforcement of the Clery Act in addition to Title IX.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Section 2 of CASA risks alienating
male victims of sexual violence. The 2013 VAWA Reauthorization requires college
and universities to use the updated definition of rape from the FBI’s Uniform
Crime Report (UCR), which is a gender neutral offense. As written, Section 2 of
CASA allows schools to select between two different definition of campus crime,
one of which is limits rape as a crime against women. SurvJustice believes the
2013 VAWA Reauthorization appropriately mandated the gender-neutral definition
of rape under the UCR and thus opposes the provision in Section 2 of CASA that
allows schools to discriminate against male victims of rape.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt;">SurvJustice Inc. is a
national not-for-profit organization that decreases the prevalence of sexual violence
by assisting survivors, empowering activists, and supporting institutions.
Learn more at </span><a href="http://www.survjustice.org/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt;">www.survjustice.org</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt;">. For media comment,
please contact SurvJustice Executive Director Laura Dunn at </span><a href="mailto:Laura.Dunn@survjustice.org"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Laura.Dunn@survjustice.org</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.0pt;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</i>http://america.aljazeera.com/watch/shows/america-tonight/articles/2014/6/9/alleged-college-sexoffenderpunishedwitheducationalvideo.html.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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SurvJusticehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00488037310713306267noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3091540451500168566.post-48508402274435461552013-12-15T20:45:00.002-08:002013-12-15T20:45:38.977-08:00College Justice and Title IX: Addressing Violence Against Women
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Auburn University will likely never forget him either. The incident Taranto
frames as an “intimate encounter” in his opinion article </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">is a poor euphemism for what is described as a forcible
sodomy commenced when the victim was asleep. The alleged assault occurred in
the context of <a href="http://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/nisvs/">intimate partner violence</a> that later included an allegation of
physical abuse. While the author suggests Strange was “cleared” by the criminal
justice system, the reality is that efforts to prosecute were not successful, which
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the criminal justice system’s failure to adequately address violent crimes
against women. This led to the passage of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)
in 1994. This last year Congress reauthorized VAWA and expanded it to include
the </span><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/s-daniel-carter/violence-against-women-act-on-campus_b_1424908.html"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Campus Sexual Violence Elimination Act (SaVE) Act</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, which establishes standards for how colleges and
universities address sexual assault, dating violence, domestic violence, and
stalking on campus. If anything, the story of Strange highlights the need for
this law, given the context of intimate partner violence and sexual assault.
Rather than a “<a href="http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012/11/24/war-on-men/">war on men</a>,” our government is earnestly seeking to address
violence against women by creating mechanisms that ensure the safety of abused
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rights statute <a href="http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/tix_dis.html">Title IX</a> also addresses violence against women on campus. Title
IX has existed for over 40 years to protect against sex discrimination, which has
been interpreted to include sexual harassment and sexual violence. Taranto indirectly
addresses this law through the mention of “an April 2011 directive” or “Ms.
Ali’s directive,” which is the </span><a href="http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/dcl-factsheet-201104.html"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2011 Title IX Guidance</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> or “Dear
Colleague Letter.” The </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">U.S. Department of Education issued this
latest guidance to clarify how Title IX obligates schools to address sexual
harassment and violence as supported by case law. Inspired by this guidance, </span><a href="http://www.publicintegrity.org/2013/03/01/12259/campus-sexual-violence-elimination-act-headed-presidents-signature"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">advocates such as myself</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
successfully lobbied for some of its provisions to be included in the Campus
SaVE Act, making them federal law.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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shocked at the due process afforded to Strange in his proceeding, he is making
an error the 2011 Title IX Guidance corrected: campus judicial process are separate
from the criminal process. Unlike a criminal trial, Strange faced a school hearing
for misconduct based on a violation of the student handbook. Such an accusation
simply does not warrant the same level of due process as one facing a felony
charge for a sex offense. Several courts have upheld minimal due process
standards in campus proceedings, such as the venerable Judge Posner in </span><a href="http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=9226043778146569486&q=Osteen+v.+Henley&hl=en&as_sdt=20006"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Osteen v. Henley</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> (1993)</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, who specifically
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those where sexual harassment or violence has been alleged, campus judicial
hearings must be “equitable.” That means <a href="http://www.nacua.org/onlinecourses/title_ix_coordinator_training_2012/docs/ReviewSexualAssaultPolicy_Feb2012.pdf">even-handed due process</a> for both
parties so they have the same notice, same opportunity to present witnesses, and
same ability to speak. So, for example, when the woman stated she was locked in
the room after the alleged sexual assault, Strange was also given an
opportunity to present his side of the story that he locked himself out of the
room. The campus officials could then come to their own conclusion regarding
who was more credible – perhaps finding that Strange had control of that
situation and limited the woman’s movements against her will. This would be a
reasonable given that the women’s testimony was found credible in a civil court
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Strange case highlights the growing commitment by colleges, such as Auburn
University, to apply federal law that addresses violence against women. It is
important to remember that while this campus proceeding resulted in Strange’s
removal from Auburn, it does not prevent him from seeking an education
elsewhere nor would the result have even become public had Taranto not
published about the case. Rather this proceeding allowed the woman to continue
seeking her education on campus free from the risk of ongoing violence or abuse,
as is her and every student’s right under Title IX.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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As one of the three victim's Emily Yoffe interviewed for her recent Slate article "<a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2013/10/sexual_assault_and_drinking_teach_women_the_connection.2.html" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #0088c3; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">College Women: Stop Getting Drunk</a>" I am deeply disappointed more was not done to prevent it from becoming a classic victim-blaming cautionary tale. Whenever women are continually burdened with preventing sexual violence we minimizes the responsibility of rapists, contributes to the underreporting of sexual violence, and reinforces a rape tolerant culture.</div>
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Let me be clear, I don't disagree that there is a troubling culture around alcohol that facilitates sexual violence, <a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2013/10/16/it_s_the_rapists_not_the_drinking_to_prevent_sexual_assault_on_college_campuses.html" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #0088c3; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">but telling women to stop drinking to avoid getting raped is simply victim blaming</a>. Instead of addressing the source of sexual violence, which is a small group of young men on campus, your article focused on women who are almost exclusively the targets of social message about preventing sexual assault. Other than a few cursory acknowledgments that men should be punished for sexual violence, you focused solely on women with the hope that their restraint in drinking behavior will "trickle down to the men." At least in <a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2013/10/18/rape_culture_and_binge_drinking_emily_yoffe_responds_to_her_critics.html" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #0088c3; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">response to your critics </a>you recognized that we need to education young men, however you remained defensive about needing to still send messages to women, which shows you still don't get it.</div>
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For far too long our society has sent messages solely to women about sexual violence: "don't walk alone," "don't be out at night," and now "don't drink." Basically it is a "don't get raped" message that places responsibility on victims, who by definition are not responsible for the crime done to them. This has been justified as risk reduction, but our society can reduce risk by messaging to young men rather than placing responsibility for their actions upon their victims.</div>
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So, where are the messages to the young men that you have acknowledged we need? Here are some suggestions: "Don't force sex," "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZxv5WCWivM" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #0088c3; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">don't prey on the intoxicated</a>," and "<a href="http://nymag.com/thecut/2013/10/college-men-stop-getting-drunk.html" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #0088c3; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">don't get drunk</a>." As society, we need the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shIjkXpf-e4" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #0088c3; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">more meaningful message of "don't rape" </a>so that men realize the responsibility to prevent sexual assault is on them. Parents need to be doing more than telling their daughters to be safe - they need to be telling their sons to engage only in consensual sex (especially after the <a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/10/08/230428115/many-teens-admit-to-coercing-others-into-sex" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #0088c3; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">report that 10% of teens admit </a>to forcing sexual contact on their partners).</div>
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One of the worst things about sending women more "don't get raped" messages is that it contributes to the already large underreporting of campus sexual violence, which was even noted by <a href="https://www.ncjrs.gov/app/Publications/abstract.aspx?ID=243011" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #0088c3; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Kreb's study</a> cited by Yoffe. Victims of alcohol-facilitated sexual assault wrongfully blame themselves for the crime at higher rates than other victims and are <a href="http://stoprelationshipabuse.org/educated/avoiding-victim-blaming/" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #0088c3; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">therefore less likely to report</a>. This is a serious issue because men who use alcohol to facilitate sexual violence are most often <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124272157" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #0088c3; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">serial rapists who continue on to commit 9 out of 10 rapes, according to Dr. Lisak's research</a>. Messages that put the burden on women shame them into silence after they are victimized and contribute the cycle of campus sexual assault. Rather than setting women up to blame themselves for a sexual assault, we need to let women know that as a society we will blame the men that chose to harm them. Without that message, underreporting of alcohol-facilitated sexual assault will continue because serial rapists will get away with their crimes.</div>
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Our rape tolerant society needs to change. That is the premise behind the White House's <a href="http://nomore.org/" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #0088c3; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">No More campaign</a>. Alcohol can no longer be an excuse for rapists to rape. It also cannot continue serving as an excuse for prosecutors not to take a rape case to trial or campus officials not to enforce a Title IX policy. We have a rape tolerant society that shies away from holding men accountable for sexual assault when alcohol is involved because of the false narratives mentioned before, "<a href="http://yesmeansyesblog.wordpress.com/2011/03/21/mythcommunication-its-not-that-they-dont-understand-they-just-dont-like-the-answer/" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #0088c3; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">miscommunication</a>" and "gray rape." We need to have officials understand Dr. Lisak's research so we can identify and successfully prosecutor or discipline the few who commit so many sexual assaults. Steubenville is an example of the message society gets when we demand justice for alcohol-facilitated sexual violence rather than accept it as a consequence of a woman's choice to drink.</div>
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Slate had a meaningfully opportunity with its article to challenge how our society views alcohol as an excuse for sexual violence, but instead it added another cautionary tale to the mountain of victim blaming message given to women. For all the victims out there, you are not responsible for sexual assault. The person who harmed you is responsible along with our society, which has let alcohol be an excuse for far too long. No more.</div>
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Although I originally abstained from blogging about the breaking Penn State scandal, I did lend my story to <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-500202_162-57326576/culture-of-silence-around-campus-sex-crimes/">CBS Morning News</a> to raise awareness that this scandal was merely part of a larger culture of silence. I was waiting for when the truth finally surfaced to blog and it doesn't surprise me one bit that the <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/07/12/report-by-former-fbi-director-finds-that-penn-state-disregarded-children/">proof of a Penn State cover up</a> is not nearly as heralded as the <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-06-22/sandusky-verdict/55768640/1">conviction of Sandusky</a>. I believe this is due to the widespread <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/10/us-usa-crime-coach-reaction-idUSTRE7A90WP20111110">support for Joe Paterno</a> (which <a href="http://www.statecollege.com/news/local-news/after-plane-circles-campus-in-protest-penn-state-says-decision-to-tear-down-paterno-statue-looms-1092849/">may be diminishing</a>) and Penn State's football program (which rightfully faces some <a href="http://www.witn.com/home/headlines/NCAA_Investigation_Means_Possible_Shutdown_Of_Penn_State_Football__162802436.html">serious review</a>).</div>
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For those who need a refresher, the first incident that raised eyebrows was brought to Penn State's attention in 1998 when a mother complained about Sandusky showering nude with her young son. At that time, <a href="http://insession.blogs.cnn.com/2012/07/17/dr-graham-spanier-responds-to-the-freeh-report/">President Dr. Graham Spanier</a>, Athletic Director Tim Curley and Vice President Gary Schultz avoided inquiry into the matter. Then in 2001, Assistant Coach <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-57451760-504083/jerry-sandusky-trial-mike-mcqueary-testifies-that-he-saw-sandusky-and-boy-in-shower-at-psu/">Mike McQueary was an eye-witness to the sodomy</a> of a young boy at the hands of Jerry Sandusky. This incident occurred in the locker room showers at Penn State. McQueary did not intervene, but made a noise to alert Sandusky someone was present - hardly a hero moment. After seeking counsel from his father, McQueary went <i>first</i> to the then head coach, Joe Paterno, to report what he witnessed. </div>
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<Side note: Both McQueary and Paterno are what the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clery_Act">Clery Act </a>refers to as <a href="http://www2.ed.gov/admins/lead/safety/handbook.pdf">Campus Security Authority (see pg. 74)</a>, meaning they had a federally-mandated legal obligation to report sexual violence that comes to their attention. As someone who has personally provided training on Clery Act requirements through the <a href="http://www.securityoncampus.org/">Clery Center for Security on Campus</a>, I am confident that a Big 10 college like Penn State provided training to its staff on their obligations. ></div>
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McQueary then went on to report to Curley and Schultz what had happened later that week. Besides the lack of reporting to police by <i>any official notified</i>, it is interesting to note that the action Penn State <i>did take</i> was to forbid Sandusky to bring children onto the campus any longer, sending the obvious message of, "just don't do that here."</div>
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The scandal was <a href="http://www.opposingviews.com/i/sports/ncaa-football/big-ten/joe-paterno-penn-state-and-tom-corbett-all-deserve-blame-enabling">made possible by many staff</a> at Penn State, but also by the local district attorney. <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bennett-l-gershman/roy-gricar_b_1675075.html">Evidence about the sexual abuse was present back in 1998</a>, but no charges were brought and no reasoning given for the lack of interest in stopping a pedophile. Thankfully <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-06-22/sandusky-verdict/55768640/1">Sandusky eventually received life for his crimes</a>, though not so appreciated by those who were left to be victimized from 1998 to 2011(at least 8 boys). So how could something so horrible be allowed to continue for so long when so many people with power could have intervened? The same could be asked regarding the Catholic church sexual abuse scandal (see documentary <a href="http://www.deliverusfromevilthemovie.com/">"Deliver us from Evil"</a> for background; free on netflix) that covered up many more individuals committing a multitude of sexual abuses. The answer to both questions is faith.</div>
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When I speak about faith, I am most certainly not speaking about believing in God, rather I mean the belief in our social institutions and in iconic figures given god-like status. It's difficult to bring up Joe Paterno for many since he has an amazing football legacy (<a href="http://collegefootball.about.com/od/coachinggreats/a/coaches-top10.htm">third most winningest coach of all time</a>). Also, he died before being interviewed about his involvement in the scandal, allowing the faithful to remain willfully ignorant (though the <a href="http://thefreehreportonpsu.com/">Freeh Report</a> has significant evidence of his awareness and participation in the cover up). Additionally, he coached the <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/chrissmith/2012/07/17/joe-paterno-and-the-problems-with-college-footballs-all-powerful-coach-culture/">sport that our nation reveres, if not worships</a>: football. </div>
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Here is where I admit I am not a football fan. This is not because I don't enjoy the sport - my father use to teach me pass routes in my backyard as a child - it is due to my intimate knowledge of the culture in college sports. In particular, unacceptable violence by football players and teams is condoned routinely on college campuses. I knew it before I became a victim, and I certainly will never doubt it now.</div>
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Having been a NCAA Division I college athlete, I am directly aware that male athlete are more valuable (literally) in a college's eyes than any other student. I know this for a fact because of the <a href="http://www.iwatchnews.org/2010/02/25/4374/lax-enforcement-title-ix-campus-sexual-assault-cases-0">year long "investigation" the University of Wisconsin (UW) took into the two male athletes that sexually assaulted me</a> that resulted in nothing. I am not alone in being a female athlete denied justice for the sake of preserving another sports team, the <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/2100-18560_162-20054339.html">case of Beckett Brennan</a> highlights the same issue. The university knew in her case that she was not the only victim, but allowed the other woman to leave their campus without taking action (something universities will no longer be able to do according the the <a href="http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/letters/colleague-201104.html">Title IX Guidance released by OCR in 2011</a>). Despite the fact that my attack was by crew team members, I was always warned about the football team at the UW. One of my high school friends was even <a href="http://badgerherald.com/news/2009/01/20/abusive_relationship.php">raped and abused by a football player, Booker Stanley</a>, while I attended. Apparently, after his release from jail he was <a href="http://www.jsonline.com/sports/statecolleges/102200064.html">still allowed to play football</a> for one of the lesser University of Wisconsin teams. </div>
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There is a culture, both on campuses and in our society at large, that worships sports teams and the athletes or coaches that make them successful. The Penn State scandal should be a wake up call to such fans - sports is not the ultimate - people's lives, health and safety should matter more than a winning season.</div>
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I truly appreciated <a href="http://espn.go.com/espn/story/_/id/8162972/joe-paterno-true-legacy">Rick Reilly's piece on ESPN</a> admitting that he too formerly admired Paterno to his current chargin. Reilly however is more conscientious than the <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/college/football/out_on_his_terms_yJU32A7IuKKD1H1JSfi3zN">mass of Penn State sports fans</a> since he had also supported Penn State's firing of Paterno. I also am impressed that <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaaf-dr-saturday/nike-removes-joe-paterno-name-child-development-center-184332103--ncaaf.html">Nike took a stance and removed Paterno's name</a> from its child development center. What I am not impressed with are the many who still want to praise Paterno and preserve the football culture at Penn State. To you I say:</div>
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It didn't surprise me to recently discover that <a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/07/11/why-daniel-tosh-s-rape-joke-at-the-laugh-factory-wasn-t-funny.html">Daniel Tosh crossed the "comedy" line</a> when it came to stand up involving rape jokes. After stating rape was funny, a woman in the crowd called out that it wasn't. His reply was that it would be funny if she in fact were gang raped right there at the show. Read more about the incident <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/11/showbiz/daniel-tosh-jokes-apology-ew/index.html">here</a>. Even if you're very liberal about what constitutes comedy, that crosses a line similarly to <a href="http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/15816126/ns/today-entertainment/t/richards-says-anger-not-racism-sparked-tirade/#.UAJxl460dr8">Michael Richard's rant</a>.<br />
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It wouldn't be surprising to think that maybe, just maybe, that woman might actually be a rape survivor making such a retort tasteless at the least. The reality is that rape and gang rape are tragedies that happen <a href="http://www.rainn.org/statistics/">every day</a> (as you read this, someone will be raped in the U.S. and several others across the world, especially in war zones). <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-500202_162-57326576/culture-of-silence-around-campus-sex-crimes/">Having been raped by two men on my sports team</a> in college, I have a particular interest in understanding and responding to gang rapes. In reading Tosh's retort my immediate thought was that such a scenario of a gang rape in a public place as people watched on is not that rare of an occurrence:<br />
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For those of you who don't follow such tragedies:<br />
- Correspondent <a href="http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2011/05/04/lara_logans_courage/">Lara Logan gang raped</a> during coverage of the Egyptian riots, followed by remarks <a href="http://www.care2.com/causes/male-editor-blames-lara-logans-cleavage-for-her-sexual-assault.html">blaming her for the brutal assault</a> (read more <a href="http://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/susan-milligan/2011/02/16/lara-logan-assaulted-and-then-blamed">here</a>)<br />
- 11 year old girl is gang raped by <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/US/gang-rape-charges-18-men-sparks-racial-tensions/story?id=13095476#.UAJXy460dr8">several boys and men in Texas</a>, followed by a <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/10/new-york-times-texas-rape_n_834147.html">New York Times article blaming the child</a><br />
- 15 year old is <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/10/27/california.gang.rape.investigation/index.html">gang raped outside a school dance</a> as <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/WN/high-school-gang-rape-stuns-california-community/story?id=8925672#.UAJYLo60dr8">several students look on an even take pictures</a><br />
- Pakistan gang rape ordered by a tribal council as atonement for her brother's alleged crime, followed by a <a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/article1714967.ece?textsize=large&test=1">Supreme Court acquittal of 5 of the 6 men</a><br />
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- High school student is gang raped while unconscious by a college baseball team until <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=7748009&page=1">3 female soccer players break into the room to rescue the gir</a>l, but despite the eye witnesses <a href="http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/No-Proof-No-Charges-in-De-Anza-Rape-Case-131915013.html">no criminal charges were brought</a></div>
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- 18 year old <a href="http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2012/03/18-year-old-victim-of-grisly-gang-rape-dies-in-ukraine/1#.UAJj5Y60dr8">dies after brutal gang rape and attempted cover up</a> in Ukraine, protests across the country cause the police to take real action</div>
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- <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheryl_Araujo">21 year old gang raped in a bar by several men</a> as a crowd cheers them on, <a href="http://www.heraldnews.com/news/x665149028/After-26-years-brothers-break-silence?zc_p=0">two brothers save her and received death threats</a> for their involvement in her case</div>
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I think the last case is worthy of highlighting, despite the fact that it occurred in 1983. This case was such a classic example of victim blaming and so shocking that it warranted being made into a movie, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094608/">The Accused</a>. Not only were there men taking turns and assisting each other rape the woman, but there was a crowd watching and cheering them on, and others in the bar who did not get involved at all. The final scene of the movie is a reenactment of the gang rape in all its vileness and makes you question how such an attack could go on without intervention. </div>
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"Should there be jokes that are off limits?" I actually don't think this is the right question to start off with, instead I think we should be asking, "what is the point of comedy?" I think that <a href="http://www.npr.org/2010/12/31/132490036/comedian-joan-rivers-still-a-piece-of-work">Joan River's interview on NPR</a> is enlightening on this issue (I highly recommend listening to the first few minutes to appreciate the following commentary). Comedy is about making people face their issues and deal with it. The key to her philosophy however is that she jokes about what has challenged her in her personal life, so she has intimate knowledge when she creates her comments. I think this is a key aspect to a great comedian, having experienced the taboo topic that you are commenting upon. Without this you are <a href="http://www.salon.com/2012/07/13/male_comics_stop_enabling_rape_culture/singleton/">enabling ignorance</a> and aspects about our society that are distasteful (racism, sexism, etc). </div>
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To speak personally as a rape survivor, I have been to a comedy show where all three sketches revolved around rape and child molestation. If I had not been stuck in the front row I would have walked out. I had come specifically to laugh and avoid the senior thesis on rape law that was causing me to have nightmares on a nightly basis. Epic fail. But I have also found a rape joke acceptable, such as <a href="http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Sarah_Silverman">Sarah Silverman's joke</a> about being raped by a doctor "which is bittersweet for a Jewish girl." I felt it poked at rape culture in a way I could appreciate. </div>
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To be realistic, there will always be some comedians who attempt a taboo topic without any real connection to or understanding of the issue. These are not the great comedians, so I would not recommend spending your money. The likelihood of those comedians offending others and exacerbating tense social issues is fairly high. (Thankfully, Tosh will be sparing society by <a href="http://perezhilton.com/2012-07-13-daniel-tosh-rape-apology-brickleberry-edit#.UAJteo60dr9">pulling rape jokes out of a pilot episode</a> for his new show.) But that doesn't mean that we should declare any topic off limits since there are some comedians out there using laughter to help people face tough issues and perhaps even creating some awareness in our society. Comedy doesn't deserve censorship, but it does require talent to be effective.</div>SurvJusticehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00488037310713306267noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3091540451500168566.post-31465482091136536482011-08-01T19:21:00.000-07:002011-08-01T19:24:33.964-07:00The High Cost of Silence<div style="text-align: justify;">Of all the disheartening statistics surrounding sexual violence, none is more poignant to me than data on reporting. Sexual violence is far and away the most unreported crime, especially when occurring on college campuses. The most cited statistic on reporting campus sexual assault comes from Bonnie Fisher's 2000 study, <i><a href="https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/182369.pdf">The Sexual Victimization of College Women</a>, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">which puts the rate of reporting for attempted or completed rapes at 5%. Let that sink in for a moment...95% of victims will say nothing to an authority about their assault. What is even more startling is that for other "less severe" forms of sexual violation, the reporting statistics completely disappear (see pg. 24 of the study). </span></i><br />
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How can we end this silence? I encourage everyone to reconsider how they discuss prevention. Prevention is not a burden that demands women be accompanied at all times or never venture out late in the day. Rather, prevention is a community obligation with many agencies and individuals doing their part to create a safe environment for all. College institutions can provide safe rides or walks that allow students needing to go home some means of transportation or individuals to walk with. Other individuals in the community can report suspicious activity or even unsafe areas. Cities can allocate more police to be a presence in areas where victimization is likely and individuals can definitely keep alert to their surroundings and make every efforts to get home in a safe and conscientious manner. Irregardless of all theses possible steps, we must not associate sexual assaults with a failure to be perfect in preventing crime, but rather as a condemnation of those who do harm and a call to the community to increase safety. When we share the burden of prevention, we start to lessen a force creating the silence that costs us safety and potential our own life.</div></div>SurvJusticehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00488037310713306267noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3091540451500168566.post-34889431957448623542011-05-03T13:37:00.000-07:002011-05-09T07:08:58.172-07:00Impact of Investigative Journalism<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A revival is coming. I firmly believe that campus sexual violence will no longer be an issue easily swept under the rug due to tireless efforts by some amazing investigative journalists.</span><br />
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</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Almost four years ago the <a href="http://www.iwatchnews.org/about">Center for Public Integrity</a> (CPI) contacted me asking if they could use my case to highlight the mishandling of campus sexual assault. It took another year before a final interview, but I was blown away by the results of their investigation. CPI's investigative series called "<a href="http://www.publicintegrity.org/investigations/campus_assault/">A Frustrating Search for Justice</a>" reviewed more than 33 cases over a 12 month period and revealed facts that shocked the nation. The impact of this investigation (assisted by NPR's coverage) landed them the prestigious <a href="http://www.rfkcenter.org/node/83049">Robert F. Kennedy Award for Justice & Human Rights reporting</a>. Ethel Kennedy revealed to award recipients that the issue was near and dear to her heart since a close friend in college was sexually assault. In addition to this award the series has received the following:</span><br />
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1. The <a href="http://www.peabody.uga.edu/news/event.php?id=73">70th Annual Peabody Award</a> - for their collaboration with NPR<br />
2. The <a href="http://dartcenter.org/content/2011-dart-award-winners-announced">Dart Award for Exceptional Reporting on Trauma</a><br />
3. The <a href="http://www.ire.org/resourcecenter/contest/meyeraward.html">Philip Meyer Award for Exceptional Journalism</a> using Social Science Research Tools (2nd place)<br />
4. The <a href="http://www.healthjournalism.org/about-news-detail.php?id=116">Multimedia Award from the Association of Health Care Journalists</a> (3rd place)<br />
5. The Sigma Delta Chi Award for Public Service, from the Society of Professional Journalists</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">In addition to this nationwide investigation Wisconsin Watch undertook one specifically focused on my beloved alma mater, the University of Wisconsin. There series called, "<a href="http://www.wisconsinwatch.org/2010/02/28/report-campus-sexual-assaults-underreported/">Suffering in Silence Series</a>", took the time to do the <a href="http://uwcampusassaults.wordpress.com/">math on campus sexual assault</a> and highlighted the case of a good friend of mine who suffered along side me during college, but has obviously refused silence.</span><br />
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</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> The most important result of all this was that the U.S. Department of Education paid attention and released a new Title IX Guidance that will be the standard used for complaints against universities. In addition to this landmark the <a href="http://www.securityoncampus.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2061:new-campus-save-act-will-help-campuses-better-prevent-and-respond-to-sexual-assault-and-other-forms-of-intimate-partner-violence&catid=58:federallegislation">Campus Sexual Violence Elimination (SaVE) Act</a> promises to update the Jeanne Clery Act so that sexual and intimate partner violence proceedings are fair and equitable for both parties. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A revival is coming. Indeed, it is already underway thanks to the efforts of the following journalists:<span class="Apple-style-span"> Kristen Lombardi, David Donald, Kristin Jones, and Gordon Witkin (Center for Public Integrity); </span><span class="Apple-style-span">Joseph Shapiro, Robert Benincasa, and Susan Reber (NPR), Kate Golden, Alex Morrell and Sara Jerving (Wisconsin Watch)</span></span>SurvJusticehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00488037310713306267noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3091540451500168566.post-21121205581018956002011-04-16T23:08:00.000-07:002011-05-08T14:22:37.462-07:00SaVE our Campuses<div>The <a href="http://casey.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/?id=ecd8f64b-e1bc-425d-9e98-8ee76baac193">Campus SaVE Act (S.83)</a> is a piece of legislation near and dear to my heart. This week it was reintroduced by Sen. Robert Casey (D-PA) in partnership with <a href="http://www.securityoncampus.org/">Security on Campus, Inc.</a> (SOC). I was honored to be one of many individuals and organization able to provide input on the legislation, which will change the way many universities handle cases of sexual violence.</div><div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">SOC is a great non-profit born out of the horrific rape, torture and murder of <a href="http://www.e2campus.com/jeanne_clery_act_story.htm">Jeanne Clery</a> in April 1986. This tragedy occurred in Jeanne's dorm early in the morning at the hands of a fellow student who entered her room and ended her life. Her <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124001493">parent's heart break</a> turned into an organization that has since enacted the <a href="http://www.higheredcenter.org/mandates/clery-act">Jeanne Clery Act</a>, the <a href="http://www.securityoncampus.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=133&Itemid=27">Campus Sexual Assault Victim's Bill of Rights</a>, and several other <a href="http://www.securityoncampus.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=295&Itemid=92">pieces of legislation</a> that are the foundation of how universities address crimes on their campuses.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I owe a great debt of gratitude to SOC, which reached out to me when I first publicly exposed the University of Wisconsin's (UW) handling of my rape. They informed me of one last avenue of justice available to me: filing a <a href="http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/howto.html?src=rt">civil rights complaint</a> with the Department of Education against the UW. If I had never taken this crucial step in seeking justice my story could not have been used to highlight the <a href="http://www.publicintegrity.org/investigations/campus_assault/">severe indifference in which institutions deal with the sexual violation of college women</a>. It may seem odd to be thankful for such a fact, but it is now the most powerful part of my story. Truly no level of the justice system was there for me, nor has it been there for many women before me or <a href="http://uwcampusassaults.wordpress.com/">since</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</span></div>A ground-breaking research article called, <a href="http://www.ncjrs.gov/txtfiles1/nij/182369.txt">"The Sexual Victimization of College Women"(Fischer et al, 2000)</a> first awakened our nation to the reality that sexual violence affects 1 out of 5 women while on campus and that less than 5% of these victims ever report the crimes done against them. Despite these staggering statistics universities have yet to seriously address this criminal epidemic affecting so many of their students. Instead some universities have added to the horror of campus sexual violence, such as <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,285006,00.html">Eastern Michigan University, who lied about the death of a student to her parents when she had been raped and murdered</a> in her dorm room.<br />
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My allusion to a personal anniversary at the start of this post refers to <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124001493">my own campus sexual assault</a>, which was committed by two fellow members of my crew team at the University of Wisconsin. Sitting in the VIP section for the Vice President's speech, along with our nation's top attorneys and nonprofit leaders on sexual violence, reaffirmed my calling to advocate for fellow survivors of sexual assault. As I listened to the denunciation of institutions and individuals perpetrating violence against women like me, I received my justice. Now it is my turn to help others achieve it....<br />
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