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You might also be interested in the Ruth Marcus op-ed in WaPo -- acknowledging that things are very broken right now in protecting the accused and actively hopi
by zaroth 9y ago
You might also be interested in the Ruth Marcus op-ed in WaPo -- acknowledging that things are very broken right now in protecting the accused and actively hoping that Betsy DeVos will help swing the pendulum back.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/betsy-devos-could-change-sexual-assault-policy-for-the-better/2017/09/08/893adc04-94ce-11e7-89fa-bb822a46da5b_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/betsy-devos-could-ch...
I mean, if Ruth Marcus is rooting for Devos to fix this, I'm guessing things have gotten really bad;
"But the Obama administration’s move also prompted an overcorrection at some institutions that failed to do enough to protect the rights of students accused of wrongdoing."
Puts this Atlantic exposee in perspective.
- zaroth 9y agoAs I've learned more about this topic I am increasingly baffled. At first I thought "preponderance of evidence" standard (< 50%) was just rhetoric, but then I read more and realized, that's exactly what's happening. Then you learn about the attorneys as house plants - who came up with that? Then you learn about how it all started with the "Dear Colleague Letter"? I actually think Ruth nailed it on this one. So I went to her twitter and found out more about her.
- mirimir 9y agoWTF? I mean, read this: > Colleges have adopted definitions of sexual wrongdoing, [Elizabeth Bartholet, Nancy Gertner, Janet Halley and Jeannie Suk Gersenthey, at Harvard Law School] wrote, that include “conduct that is merely unwelcome . . . even if the person accused had no way of knowing it was unwanted, and even if the accuser’s sense that it was unwelcome arose after the encounter.” That is insane.