No one is asking for the university to test the kits. I don’t know where you got that. I don’t want the university to be the equivalent or take the place of actual law enforcement, I’m just saying that yhe there is a reason that universitiesare involved. I was raped by a TA in my department. That made attending class…

If colleges didn’t have people living on campus, it would be simpler. But a university does not simply provide education, it is also home to many students for at least part of the year. A college does need to provide some services aside from education, but right now I think it is not reasonable for most universities…

acorn is definitely not the “hysterical” one in this discussion

I just bristle at the idea that certain of people should have access to a “more comfortable” environment to administer rape kits than the average person.

A significant number of people who have been raped are ambivalent about police involvement, particularly in the immediate aftermath of the rape. (And for good reason. The criminal justice system is very, very hard on victims of sex crimes.) Getting medical attention, and getting a rape kit done, should not require…

When I was raped I went to my university clinic. It wasn’t even another student or anything, I just went there because I knew it’d be free to get STD tests done. It honestly didn’t even occur to me to go to a real hospital.

They don’t have power to criminally deal with these issues, but they absolutely should have the power to suspend/expel students found guilty of conduct violations. This is why/how these issues relate to Title IX, because it is very clearly not possible to maintain an equitable learning environment if victims of sexual…

It kind of drives me crazy when working from home is offered as a parental leave benefit. I understand it offers a lot of flexibility, but it doesn’t solve the main problem of child care. It’s not like you can skip day care and take care of your child all day and work your job. I mean, how could you do conference…

Those open carry dudes are co-opting the situation to advertise their 2A agenda, preying on fear.

Also, amidst the indignation at her getting a new job, it’s worth pointing out that she had tenure at Missouri and is non-tenure-track at Gonzaga. That means a huge pay and benefits cut. Given the tough academic jobs climate, she’s unlikely ever to get a tenure-track job again, so her career has suffered permanent…

White person lands on their feet where a minority in the same position would still be borked. (Related Stories: water is wet, sky is blue).

Were we hoping her entire life would be ruined or something? Protesters are getting dogs sicced on them in North Dakota, it might be time to move on from this lady.

You’re thinking about this in a broken way. You feel that your law breaking is justified because somebody else is breaking the law. Nobody is saying it’s legal to speed. But the action you are taking (not leaving the left lane) is absolutely against the law and dangerous.

So let me ask you. Why do you think anyone…

That should include preparation to deal with situations you are uncomfortable with. Sexual/workplace harassment and bullying, etc. It does occur and people who “adult” properly will be able to handle it.

My university department just had a meeting about trigger warnings / safe spaces yesterday.

The debate over safe spaces, too, has become cartoonized, a shorthand way to complain about privileged millennials

I’d love to send her to a VA psych ward for an afternoon and see if she still says that.

The right to be believed doesn’t dictate personal behavior. It’s a standard for police investigation and public reporting - the idea that any alleged rape is likely true and should be investigated and the victim supported. It doesn’t mean that a woman must believe the word of a stranger over that of her husband and…

Yup. And everyone seems to be angrier at Hillary for all of this than the man actually accused of rape. Until that stops being the case, I refuse to let the alleged actions of Hillary’s husband impact my opinion of her as a candidate. And she is still by far the best candidate in this election.

I am in my late twenties and I work in academia (I am a woman) and I generally move between feeling like the biggest fraud who ever blagged her way into an academic job and furiously defending my accomplishments to (often male) colleagues who dare to trivialize my work.