ELI5 Why do colleges/universities get involved with rape cases? If a person was accused of raping a co-worker the law would get involved and the person wouldn't get diciplined unless found guilty, so why do universities do their own investigations of these accusations?

tehwankingwalruses · 2014-11-08T21:52:29+00:00

Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, basically.

DRMMR76 · 2014-11-08T22:47:40+00:00

Many times the claims would not even come close told holding up in court and are not made criminal matters at all. But the accused can still be found to be in violation of school policy due to school hearings generally having a much lower burden of proof as well as allowing their political leanings to mix with their judgement.

A sexual assault claim that is totally unsubstantiated might not even come to an arrest if it's turned over to police. But a college review board composed of professors from the Women's Studies department would have no problem getting the accused expelled for violating school code.

Dorrog · 2014-11-09T12:10:26+00:00

Because feminists were looking for a way to weaken the level of proof needed for rape so any acusation fucks the guy and they could not make a dent into changing the judicial system so this is the way they found.

throwaway1643 · 2014-11-08T21:57:31+00:00

Basically, due to the threat of federal financial assistance to universities being suspended. i.e, the Title IX amendment

No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance.

tldr; Money talks.

aksuVOIMAMIES · 2014-11-08T22:49:05+00:00

A university is a female area, which men are invading.

trpSenator · 2014-11-08T22:00:18+00:00

If a school accepts any government grant money from students (which means just about every school) they have to include a large federally mandated and redundant bureaucracy which includes the necessary handling of ALL sexual assault claims.

TheInkerman · 2014-11-09T00:34:45+00:00

Part of it is ass covering, part of it is when a student is actually raped, but their attacker gets off because of lack of evidence or whatever, but still gets to live in-dorm with their victim. This latter case is probably quite rare, and could easily be handled by other means, but this is where the Government comes in with the pro-Feminist bureaucratic bullshit and decides to get goddam Uni admin involved in rape cases, it's a fucking joke.

Yes, it doesn't make any sense, but it's a convenient anti-male/victim-narrative tool for feminists. I think it's starting to blow up in their faces, let's see how these recent court challenges by men will go.

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