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Judi Lynn

(160,588 posts)
Thu Jul 13, 2017, 09:33 PM Jul 2017

DeVos Says She Will Revisit Obama-Era Sexual Assault Policies

Source: New York Times

By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG
JULY 13, 2017


WASHINGTON — Education Secretary Betsy DeVos signaled on Thursday that she intends to take a hard look at whether the Obama administration’s campus rape policies deprived accused students of their rights, saying that “a system without due process ultimately serves no one in the end.”

The comments, Ms. DeVos’s first on the issue of how the Education Department will handle sexual assault on college and university campuses, came at a news conference after what she called a “really emotionally draining day” of meeting with victims, students who had been accused and higher education officials.

“It was clear that their stories have not often been told, and that there are lives that have been ruined and lives that are lost in the process,” Ms. DeVos said, referring to accused students. But she was careful to say that she intends to protect victims’ rights as well.

“We can’t go back to the days when allegations were swept under the rug,” Ms. DeVos said, “and I acknowledge there was a time when women were essentially dismissed. That is not acceptable.”



Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/13/us/devos-college-sexual-assault.html









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DeVos Says She Will Revisit Obama-Era Sexual Assault Policies (Original Post) Judi Lynn Jul 2017 OP
Who Cares? Stainless Jul 2017 #1
Yes, but In The Meantime, Doug the Dem Jul 2017 #2
who cares? sexual assault victims, maybe? their circle of loved ones and friends? niyad Jul 2017 #10
I think there should be transparency on this issue. David__77 Jul 2017 #3
She is a POS BlueMTexpat Jul 2017 #4
There are no repercussions for men who are accused Lordquinton Jul 2017 #5
What a load. The DOE Civil Rights head said that most campus sexual assaults were merely catbyte Jul 2017 #6
The pussy grabber will agree with her dalton99a Jul 2017 #7
Dafuc...? Grins Jul 2017 #8
It was part of the Education because many universities have their own police csziggy Jul 2017 #11
Look at the facial expressions of the people behind her on the podium pic onetexan Jul 2017 #9
 

Doug the Dem

(1,297 posts)
2. Yes, but In The Meantime,
Thu Jul 13, 2017, 10:39 PM
Jul 2017

she can inflict more pain on women (and men) that already struggle with pain!

niyad

(113,490 posts)
10. who cares? sexual assault victims, maybe? their circle of loved ones and friends?
Fri Jul 14, 2017, 02:09 PM
Jul 2017

anybody who cares about the rape culture in this country?

shall I go on?

David__77

(23,434 posts)
3. I think there should be transparency on this issue.
Thu Jul 13, 2017, 10:42 PM
Jul 2017

I think some guidance on what might constitute a preponderance of evidence would be useful.

catbyte

(34,414 posts)
6. What a load. The DOE Civil Rights head said that most campus sexual assaults were merely
Fri Jul 14, 2017, 07:59 AM
Jul 2017

the result of "two drunk students." Which "victims" are she referring to? The women who were assaulted or the poor, put upon "boys will be boys?" Of course she apologized for her "poor choice of words", but it tells me how she really feels.

Grins

(7,221 posts)
8. Dafuc...?
Fri Jul 14, 2017, 12:12 PM
Jul 2017
"...whether ...campus rape policies deprived accused students of their rights, saying that “a system without due process ultimately serves no one in the end.”

Isn't this the role of the Justice Dept., and not Education? Doesn't Justice have a whole division dedicated to civil rights?

What a twat.

csziggy

(34,136 posts)
11. It was part of the Education because many universities have their own police
Fri Jul 14, 2017, 02:35 PM
Jul 2017

Very often campus cops serve the interests of the college rather than the victims.

When a top athlete rapes, some campus cops work to discourage the victim from coming forward. In some cases they have prevented the victims from going to hospitals for tests that would provide the evidence needed for prosecution. It's been a problem for decades and the Obama administration rules were a step forward to discourage those abuses.

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