If a student shoots someone, the matter should be handled by the police as a crime, not as a violation of a student code of conduct. That's my point. This isn't plagiarism we're talking about, it's fucking rape and a rapist should have more at stake than being expelled from school. Likewise, if I got hit by a drunk…

Not if you get beaten on the first date. I'm not saying this woman is making it up, because this guy sounds like a total violent asshole. I'm just saying that you have to admit, her behaviour is pretty hard to understand and will make it very difficult for her case to hold up.

I realise there's no 'right' way for a victim to act, however when stuff like this happens, it just means she's going to have a really hard time convincing a jury she was raped, should this case ever make it to trial.

Hmmm you might be right, I can't remember! I can't keep my celebrity gossip straight anymore...

Seriously. Have you ever met a vegan who wasn't white?

Personally, I don't think colleges should handle rapes at all, or if they do it should only be to punish a rapist beyond what a court has already sentenced him to (like, say, expel him when he's found guilty). Rape is a crime, and should be handled by the competent authorities. If a student hits someone with his car…

Hernández should also have the balls to name names. If you're going to write a scathing tell-all, then don't do half measures.

Criminal prosecution also requires a higher standard of evidence,

Yeah but at least if you go to the police, you stand a chance of seeing your rape be treated like the crime that it is, rather than the soft punishment that a college would dole out. Rape is a crime and should be dealt with by law enforcement, not a fucking school.

I think that's true to an extent. It's true that a lot of people have a lot of silly, unrealistic 'dealbreakers' and stick to them and the problem isn't the dealbreakers per se, it's their intolerance and expectation of perfection that is unrealistic, and they're basically waiting for someone to come along who's so…

I think by "too many feelings" they mean "too emotional", which is definitely a thing. And I get it. I mean, I don't want to date a robot with no feelings but I also don't want to date a guy who's so emotional it renders him irrational. I have friends like that, and it's hard enough maintaining the friendship…

I think people should push against and explore their dealbreakers,

So much for her dad swearing up and down to the press that Amanda wasn't on drugs and that drugs weren't part of her problem.

Yeah that's kind of my thoughts on this. I get what the law is trying to do and the intentions are great but I don't see how this is going to change anything in practice because ultimately, unless there's physical evidence to prove otherwise, rape cases always come down to he said/she said.

No one was actually expecting a real discussion on this issue on ESPN, were they? I mean, that's like expecting a fair and balanced discussion on single mothers on welfare from Fox News.

Seriously. I know they're a right wing rag but I kind of love the NY Post for being so unapologetic about it and for their hilarious headlines.

Sorry, you can call me a lot of things but uptight and overly earnest are not among them.

I loved that book and I can't wait to see the movie.

No one considers themselves humourless. And yet plenty of people are.

I feel like 75% of the comments on Jezebel are written by THAT PERSON. They're everywhere, tut-tutting at the world, unable to sit down because of that big stick up their ass.