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Posted on: May 6, 2020 at 14:18:14 CT
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How were due process rights denied previously? I'm unaware.
As Think Progress reported in January, “the DeVos family foundation has long donated to organizations that frequently side with students accused of rape and sexual abuse,” including the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE). The group, which offers legal services to accused rapists but not to their accusers, has long fought against efforts to strengthen campus sexual assault policies, citing concerns about due process. When DeVos was confirmed as Secretary of Education, FIRE noted in a statement that they were already challenging the legality of the 2011 Dear Colleague Letter, which they referred to as “administrative overreach.” FIRE has also downplayed the statistics on campus sexual assault, saying they’re a product of feminist culture run amok. An article posted on their website attributes many cases of sexual violence to “alcohol-fueled” mistakes or simple “miscommunication”—“but no criminal coercion.”
In July, DeVos convened a meeting to discuss the future of campus sexual assault policies. The meeting was divided into three “listening sessions,” one of which was devoted entirely to men’s rights activists and other groups advocating for those who say they’ve been falsely accused of sexual misconduct. Those in attendance included representatives from the National Coalition for Men, SAVE: Stop Abusive and Violent Environments, and Families Advocating for Campus Equality (FACE).
The National Coalition for Men is a men’s rights group best known for publishing the names and photos of Title IX complainants under the label “false accusers.” FACE is an organization founded by mothers of sons who were accused of sexual misconduct in college. The website, which describes accused students as “Title IX’s other victims,” says allegations of sexual assault are “frequently made by angry former girlfriends” and result in an “unimaginable nightmare” and “emotional trauma similar to that of rape victims.” SAVE is described by the Southern Poverty Law Center as a men’s rights group that aims “to roll back services for victims of domestic abuse and penalties for their tormentors, while working to return the focus to the ‘true victims of abuse’—the falsely accused.” In a document decrying the suggestion that sexual assault victims are not serial liars, SAVE compares victim-centered investigations to the “hysteria” over alleged Satanic child abuse that swept the nation in the 1980s. On their Facebook page, SAVE regularly shares articles from men’s rights groups hostile to sexual assault victims, feminists, and women’s rights in general.
https://web.archive.org/web/20170923052243/https://www.playboy.com/articles/devos-sexual-assault-guidelines
Edited by MrBlueSky at 14:19:58 on 05/06/20
How were due process rights denied previously? I'm unaware.
As Think Progress reported in January, “the DeVos family foundation has long donated to organizations that frequently side with students accused of rape and sexual abuse,” including the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE). The group, which offers legal services to accused rapists but not to their accusers, has long fought against efforts to strengthen campus sexual assault policies, citing concerns about due process. When DeVos was confirmed as Secretary of Education, FIRE noted in a statement that they were already challenging the legality of the 2011 Dear Colleague Letter, which they referred to as “administrative overreach.” FIRE has also downplayed the statistics on campus sexual assault, saying they’re a product of feminist culture run amok. An article posted on their website attributes many cases of sexual violence to “alcohol-fueled” mistakes or simple “miscommunication”—“but no criminal coercion.”
In July, DeVos convened a meeting to discuss the future of campus sexual assault policies. The meeting was divided into three “listening sessions,” one of which was devoted entirely to men’s rights activists and other groups advocating for those who say they’ve been falsely accused of sexual misconduct. Those in attendance included representatives from the National Coalition for Men, SAVE: Stop Abusive and Violent Environments, and Families Advocating for Campus Equality (FACE).
The National Coalition for Men is a men’s rights group best known for publishing the names and photos of Title IX complainants under the label “false accusers.” FACE is an organization founded by mothers of sons who were accused of sexual misconduct in college. The website, which describes accused students as “Title IX’s other victims,” says allegations of sexual assault are “frequently made by angry former girlfriends” and result in an “unimaginable nightmare” and “emotional trauma similar to that of rape victims.” SAVE is described by the Southern Poverty Law Center as a men’s rights group that aims “to roll back services for victims of domestic abuse and penalties for their tormentors, while working to return the focus to the ‘true victims of abuse’—the falsely accused.” In a document decrying the suggestion that sexual assault victims are not serial liars, SAVE compares victim-centered investigations to the “hysteria” over alleged Satanic child abuse that swept the nation in the 1980s. On their Facebook page, SAVE regularly shares articles from men’s rights groups hostile to sexual assault victims, feminists, and women’s rights in general.
https://web.archive.org/web/20170923052243/https://www.playboy.com/articles/devos-sexual-assault-guidelines
Edited by MrBlueSky at 14:19:58 on 05/06/20
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