Our priorities not just in this country but worldwide seem to be all screwed up and not getting any better. Our children are our future and the future of the world. Money, greed and power still seems to rule and become stronger in this world. Maybe hundreds of years from now people will actually have learned something.
The things that are obvious and we should at least start there....we don't.
Politicians,,,,opinions,,,,assholes. I'll stop there
I did note that students victims of sexual assault are more likely (80%) than non-students (67%)to not report the assault, however that has no bearing on the number of assaults that occurred. The rate of 6.1 assaults per 1,000 relates to the number of assaults which respondents to the survey said occurred. The students are saying that they did not report 80% of 6.1 per 1,000 rate.
In addition, the study took place over the time period of 1995 to 2013, so the numbers are not the result of a point in time oddity.
Again the common statistic thrown about is 1 in 5 female students are raped during their college career. This study indicates that rate is nearly 33 times higher that what actually occurs.
A rapist should be castrated.
Innocent young men should not be punished by the kangaroo courts being forced down the throats of colleges under the auspices of Title IX.
Under the Title IX format:
The accused male student can be found guilty of sexual assault via a "preponderance of the evidence" standard versus "beyond a reasonable doubt" standard in criminal matters.
He is unable to be represented by counsel in the hearings.
He is unable to cross-examine his accuser.
He is unable to call witnesses on his behalf.
His "guilt" or "innocence" is determined by faculty and students at the college who have not had training or experience sexual assault cases.
Earlier this year, a Duke University senior was accused of sexual assault 3 days before final exams. The Dean's list student was never accused or convicted in a criminal proceeding was expelled from school. A judged ordered him reinstated, so he could complete final exams. He is now suing Duke to have his degree awarded. (The cost of attending Duke for 4 years is over $250,000.)
I do not understand why colleges should be in the business of prosecuting sexual assault cases. We have a court system for a reason and this type of extra-judicial punishment leads to injustices.
Castrate rapists, but do not punish people who have done nothing wrong.
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but since this was recently a topic: A recent survey of young women conducted by U.S. Department of Justice demonstrates just how exaggerated the claims of a "rape epidemic" on college campuses are.
The typically quoted statistic is that 1 in 5 college women are raped during their student careers.
According to the survey, the actual rate of rapes on campuses is 6.1 rapes per 1,000 women. This equates to 1 in 164 or 0.61%.
The rate of rapes for non-students of the same age cohort is 1.2 times greater (7.6 per 1,000 versus 6.1 per 1,000) than students. This means that women are in fact safer on college campuses than off.
Any rapist deserves to be castrated, but playing fast and loose with the facts is going to do substantial damage to the campus experience for both men and women. The kangaroo courts being setup by the Education Department under Title IX will destroy the lives of innocent young men.
300 reads of my original post and I didn't even include a naked picture of myself.
The number of reads is because of the catchy title, not the content. You seem to have a vested interest in this subject.
no vested interest at all.
I have followed false accusations of rape since following the Durham-in-Wonderland blog regarding the Duke Lacrosse case. In that instance, a stripper falsely accused three players of rape at a team party. The players were ultimately declared innocent and the prosecutor disbarred.
One statistic that appeared in the blog really caught my eye. Duke University has a total enrollment of about 14,000 with more than ½ of enrollment being women. Some professors have claimed that up to 30% of women are raped during their academic careers. For perspective, that means that the instances of sexual assault at Duke are greater than the instances of all violent (rape, murder and assault) crime in the city of Detroit. This is the absolute number of instances not the instances per unit of population. Detroit has a population of 717,000 and hardly enjoys a reputation as a crime free zone.
The “hot button” for me on this issue is the Dept. of Education foisting kangaroo courts onto colleges. Colleges will be obligated to determine the guilt or innocence of a male student accused by a female student of sexually assault even in those instances where (i) no police report was filed, (ii) police report was filed, but prosecutors found insufficient evidence to charge, (iii) police report was filed and found to be demonstrably false and (iv) police report was withdrawn. Rape is a crime and a police matter. Colleges should not be determining the guilt or innocence of a criminal matter.
If all men are rapists, castrate them all. But form opinions based on facts, not propaganda.
Lastly, I do get your “dig” regarding vested interest. It is not at all unusual for someone who disagrees with an argument, but is unable to attack the substance of an argument; to attack the person making the argument. Disappointing, but not unusual