I think everyone here needs to stop drinking the mainstream media kool-aid. Guess what? It turns out that the parents were very very abusive to their children. All of them. Apparently several of them have alleged it, and neighbors have also come forward. So let’s not take the knee-jerk reaction of siding with abusers,…

We don’t know anything except for the fact that t he CJS had enough evidence to prosecute this dude. Most sexual abuse cases are not prosecuted. When they are you can bet your life they have some pretty rock solid evidence beyond just a woman’s allegation.

It’s very clear that the parents are trying to discredit Rahcel. What evidence do we have that Rachel SET UP two victims to lie about their abuse. Come on. I’m not a fan of Rachel by NO means but the LAST thing these victims need is for people to doubt THEIR stories because Rachel is associated with them. There was…

Dude, I’m not a Rachel fan or anything, but why dafuq is everyone here jumping to the conclusion that the victim who came forward LIED? Newsflash everyone: ok looking white male professors can be perpetrators. And yes Rachel is deceptive, but it does seem like she cares about the black community and would want to call…

Dude, I’m not a Rachel fan or anything, but why dafuq is everyone here jumping to the conclusion that the victim who came forward LIED? Newsflash everyone: ok looking white male professors can be perpetrators. And yes Rachel is deceptive, but it does seem like she cares about the black community and would want to call…

Dude, I’m not a Rachel fan or anything, but why dafuq is everyone here jumping to the conclusion that the victim who came forward LIED? Newsflash everyone: ok looking white male professors can be perpetrators. And yes Rachel is deceptive, but it does seem like she cares about the black community and would want to call…

How do you know she falsely accused him tho? He hasn’t even been put on trial yet!!

"Witt told me that this logo is 'a gift to the domestic violence and sexual assault prevention field, that they could use alongside their own logos, to demonstrate their belonging to a national movement.' What this movement actually consists of other than people and brands using the logo is unclear;" Here's …

I don't understand what having a history of depression has anything to do with anything. So we are going to discount someone's testimony because they are suffering from depression? You know how many people go to a counselor to see someone when they are down? That makes their testimony less credible? This is…

After Amy Schumer was raped by her boyfriend (she woke up as a hs senior and he was forcing himself on her) she comforted him when he cried (becuase he felt bad?) and then the next day they went to a volleyball game. She later said, "I felt shitty, but he was my boyfriend. I wasn't going to testify against him."

This dude has several other people who have accused him of abusive behavior. That can be corraborative evidence.

You are buying into the 'just world' theory that a lot o women buy into to feel safer. We don't want to admit this can happen to us, so we blame the victim and side with the perpetrator. The problem is, when we do that, we are allowing a perp to roam free...which actually makes us LESS safe.

What about the fathers? It's fathers, not mothers, who are more important when it comes to preventing sexual assault.

i disagree with you. They weren't trivializing sexual assault. They were taunting an alleged rapist who was never even investigated by the cops. How is that a bad thing?

It is VERY clear, as the poster below said, that something terrible happened. And yes, her story has actually been quite consistent in many respects. She has repeated that she was gang raped and traumatized to several people, and those people corroborated her claims and that they witnessed her trauma.

Who says the victim is lying?

I attended the lecture and protests, and I have to say it was SO heartening to see the HUNDREDS of students and professors at the protests - holding up signs, passing out flyers, chanting, and even conducting a sexual assault teach-in. A few of us even passed out flyers to students attending the lecture…

I was at the lecture and attended the protests, which were pretty amazing. HUNDREDS of people attended, and lots of informational flyers were passed around about sexual assault and Title IX. My friend, who outed herself as a survivor with PTSD, asked George Will whether he thought giving resources to sexual assault…

Exactly. Thank you. You said what needed to be said.

Great article, but can we please please please stop referring to non-stranger rape as 'date rape' and these guys as 'date rapists?' They are rapists. Rape is rape. Research has shown that 'date rapists' have the same motivations as incarcerated rapists and women raped by people they know are harmed as much as those…