[emp_zealoth]

What the actual fuck. Are those people out of their goddamn minds?

So any girl can basically claim she had one shot if she feels like ruining someone's life and make an innocent man into a "rapist"?

What if it's two lesbians that shared a beer? Do the universe collapse or something?

The arbitraryness and possibilities of malicious abuse just blow my goddamn brain.

[chris_wot]

Well, this is why it goes before a court. There needs to be proof or lack of reasonable doubt that the victim was intoxicated.

[emp_zealoth]

Except the article itself says "Seizing this logic, advocates for gender equality have persuaded the federal government, under civil-rights authority, to force higher-education institutions to investigate and punish crimes of sexual violence. Dozens of colleges are under investigation for failing to comply.

Although not explicit in the rationale for this approach, the lower standard of proof required to bring campus disciplinary action—including expulsion—is surely attractive to antirape activists, as it is for other civil-rights advocates who pursue civil remedies."

lower standard of proof disciplinary action including expulsion

This is outright despicable. There already witch hunts going on in some unis (with NO actual filed complaints or charges)

[jules]

Isn't the point of the article that it doesn't go to a proper court, but should?

[chris_wot]

Which is sort of the point I was trying to make, but evidently quite badly. Yes, I agree with the author - these cases should be dealt with through the court system.