Recent research revealed that one in five women report being assaulted on college campuses. That shocking number has students, parents and politicians questioning the way schools protect students and adjudicate the cases of sexual assault. Read more in this week’s cover story about the sexual assault crisis on American college campuses.
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Step Up. It’s Time by Joe Biden, Vice President of the United States
Rape Culture Is a Panic Where Paranoia, Censorship, and False Accusations Flourish by Christina Hoff Sommers, scholar
We Will Not Allow These Crimes to Be Swept Under the Rug Any Longer by Kirsten Gillibrand, U.S. Senator
Society Continues to Misplace Blame on Survivors by Mariska Hargitay, founder of Joyful Heart Foundation and star of Law & Order: SVU
Sexual Assault Prevention and Bystander Intervention by Philip J. Hanlon, President of Dartmouth College
The Battle Over Sexual Assault Is the Civil Rights Movement of Our Time by Gloria Allred, attorney and activist
He Was Turned On by My Distress by Emma Sulkowicz, student survivor
Some Rules About Consent Are Unfair to Male Students by Matthew Kaiser, attorney
We Need Transparency On the Issue of Fraternity Rape by Caitlin Flanagan, journalist
Violating Student Victims’ Rights Is Expensive by Nancy Chi Cantalupo, law professor
Overbroad Definitions of Sexual Assault are Deeply Counter-Productive by Jed Rubenfeld, law professor
Consent Must Be Created, Not Given by Jonathan Kalin, student activist
Universities and Fraternities Must Tell the Whole Truth by Douglas E. Fierberg, attorney
We Must Look at How We Teach Our Boys What It Means to Be a Man by Neil Irvin, executive director of Men Can Stop Rape
‘I’m Proud’ to See My Alma Mater Investigated For Mishandling Rape by Jaclyn Friedman, activist and author
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