Missouri students slam curfew for women
Students at the University of Missouri-Columbia are organizing against proposed rules at the college banning female students from fraternity houses at times officials say the women are at the highest risk of sexual assault, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.
In response to a spate of rapes and other attacks against women on campus, the Mizzou Fraternity Alumni Consortium drafted new rules with the goal of keeping its co-eds safe. The proposals leaked and members of sororities and fraternities alike are up in arms about policies they say are sexist and dangerous.
The first policy listed in the consortiums Safety of Women Students in Fraternity Houses document stipulates that, Women students are restricted from being guests in fraternity houses during certain high risk periods. The high risk periods are: 10:00 p.m. until 3:00 a.m. on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights; every night during the first week of each semester (syllabus week); the night of Stop Day each semester.
Further, the consortium requires fraternities to hire security personnel to enforce gender segregation at prescribed times and be subject to auditing for compliance: Student Conduct will hold all students accountable, including women students, for violating these policies and rules.
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