DOE's Office for Civil Rights to investigate Yale for "hostile sexual environment"

[chanel]

The U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights announced it would open an investigation of the University “for its failure to eliminate a hostile sexual environment on campus, in violation of Title IX,” according to a press release written by the complainants received Thursday afternoon by the News.

The measure comes after a formal complaint was filed by 16 Yale students and alumni on Mar. 15, informing the Office for Civil Rights about Yale’s breach of Title IX by citing a slew of “inadequate response” to public episodes of sexual misconduct on campus, such as the controversial Delta Kappa Epsilon incident last fall. The complaint also condemns the University through anonymous testimonies that attest to Yale's inappropriate approach to private instances of sexual misconduct and assault.

“After all the incidents of blatant sexual harassment and threatening behavior on Yale’s campus, why must it take an investigation by OCR to convince Yale that there is a serious problem on campus?,” the release said

BREAKING: DOE's Office for Civil Rights to investigate Yale for "hostile sexual environment" | Yale Daily News


This students summed it up pretty well: No mention of the pundits. No mention of the university sponsored "sex week," that, while it features talks and workshops on a variety of topics, no doubt also features events that definitely make some on this campus uncomfortable. No mention of YDN comics describing sexual acts including "spreading manure" and "role playing as cows" (see today's comics - homo or hetero, there are some things best left unsaid and role playing as cows is one of them).

Seems to me this is a witch hunt aimed at men, athletes, and fraternities. I agree there is a hostile sexual climate on campus, but it is a direct product of the move from romance to a hook-up culture, in which we're all complicit - men, women, athletes, LGBQT - everyone.



What should or could school officials do about it?

 

[The Gadfly]

Yet another Feminazi witch hunt.

 

[pinqy]

DOE is the Dept of Energy. Made the thread title very confusin.

ED or even DoED is the abbreviation for the Education Department.

 

[chanel]

People in the education field refer to the Dept of Education as the DOE. This was not in the energy forum. Sheez.