Corruption at Brown U
KC Johnson, author of Until Proven Innocent: Political Correctness and the Shameful Injustices of the Duke Lacrosse Rape Case has a good piece in “Minding the Campus” on sexual assault claims on campus (via the Advice Goddess):
As university after university follows the OCR’s mandate to lower the threshold for evaluating campus sexual assault claims–and thereby to increase the likelihood of convictions from false accusations–it’s worth keeping in mind cases in which even the pre-”Dear Colleague” procedure broke down. Caleb Warner’s is one such case; William McCormick’s is another.
I’ve written about the McCormick case previously; the then-Brown freshman was accused first of sexual harassment and then sexual assault by Marcella Dresdale, daughter of Richard Dresdale, a major Brown donor who founded Fenway Partners, a $2.1 billion equity firm. Richard Dresdale appeared to have improperly influenced Brown administrators–who aggressively moved to get rid of McCormick before he even encountered Brown’s accuser-friendly disciplinary system. McCormick transferred to Bucknell, but subsequently filed a suit against the Dresdales and against Brown; the suit was settled out of court.
It was easy enough to accuse men of sexual assault on campus before colleges started following the OCR’s mandate to lower the threshold for evaluating campus assaults. I wonder how many more young men will be accused falsely because of this new mandate and how many more men will avoid college altogether when the stakes get too high?
No big deal. If it does happen they’ll just blame men for being dumber and lazier than women. When the backlash finally comes, it’s going to be epic. If men as a whole decided to take one day off protecting women then these feminist lies of 1/4 women are raped would actually turn into an understatement. It gets old how little respect men get for doing whatever we can to protect women. I have sisters I love so I won’t be taking a day off but it’d be nice to not consistently be blamed for all of societies problems.
The solution to this sort of thing has been obvious for decades. Every man on campus should lodge a sexual assault claim against a female member of the college/university’s faculty and staff, and insist that the same standards of less-than-due process apply – the accused is presumed guilty, is not entitled to a trial, may not confront accusers, etc. Start with the faculty of the women’s studies program and the deans of diversity, women’s affairs, etc.
It seems most men are too principled to act that way. Unfortunately, it’s the unprincipled that get ahead in the world, but at what ultimate cost?
I was once privately accused of a sexual assault. She didn’t have me arrested; there is no public record. Instead she poured poison into the ears of every mutual acquaintance we had.
New rule. Never, ever be alone in the same room with a woman unless you trust her with your entire future. It was vile. It could have been far worse.
Even women you trust “with your entire future” can pour the poison. The truly sick part is hearing people say “I know she lies, but I believe her in this.”
“how many more young men will be accused falsely because of this new mandate”
When questioned, 1/4 of all used car buyers and 60% percent of all time share purchasers claim “I got screwed”. I made this up, of course. The numbers are probably much higher. Does that give you a hint?
The internet college courses are the way to go here. Why bother to drive to a parking lot and walk to a classroom to hear a TA (with English as their second language) badly summarize the book when you can take the course from home? I know, we’re not socializing, but when the girls can destroy your life with no evidence and no witnesses, socializing seems pretty dangerous.
I think people just love to hold lynchings. We look for a group to scapegoat and lynch, we need to pretend it is ok for various “reasons.” Now our culture is trying to lynch white males. Good thing we are well armed.
Trey
So what about this poor high-school guy in Long Beach who was falsely accused of rape, plead out to five years in slam, girl’s family also sued the city for failing to protect her (in school) and won $1.5m long since spent – and now she admits it never happened and the guy has been exonerated? Is that really what Brown wants *more* of? How about the female “victims” also sue Brown for failing to protect them, since the precedent is it worked in Long Beach? (actually that might have been a dumb settlement)
BTW guy is certainly exploring his own suits now for incompetent counsel, abuse of process, etc. The accuser is proof against judgement, apparently, out of current poverty. Though why the city would not prosecute for fraud and whatever else, I dunno, statute of limitations I presume.
I don’t think that the kangaroo courts will keep people away from college — but it’s very likely that more people will start wearing a lapel camera or use a small mp3 recorder as an ‘electronic chaperone’.