Mutually Nonconsensual Sex

peter.suber's bookmarks 2018-06-02

Summary:

"Is it possible for two people to simultaneously sexually assault each other? ...

"The event in précis, as summarized by Robby Soave of Reason magazine: “Male and female student have a drunken hookup. He wakes up, terrified she's going to file a sexual misconduct complaint, so he goes to the Title IX office and beats her to the punch. She is found guilty and suspended.” ...

As [lawyer Josh Engel] told me, “From a constitutional standpoint a public school violates the equal-protection rights of their students when there is no rational basis to differentiate between male and female students. The court found that even if only one student makes a report, if the school possesses knowledge that both were intoxicated, “the school has an affirmative obligation to investigate both students for misconduct without waiting for a ‘report,’” Engel said.

In other words...the days of blaming one person (almost always the man) for a no-harm, no foul, mutually drunken hook up may be coming to an end...."

Link:

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/06/title-ix-is-too-easy-to-abuse/561650/

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Date tagged:

06/02/2018, 16:43

Date published:

06/02/2018, 12:43