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by JKCalhoun 1730 days ago
I assume he is a Men's Rights activist.
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Post author is ranting incoherently, but Title IX is a legit minefield; in particular, its implementations at universities have been pretty problematic. The root of the cause is a notorious "Dear Colleague" letter that came out in the early Obama administration. Due process around sexual misconduct allegations suffered greatly as a direct result of what it asked universities to do.

Aside from individual opportunities for unfairness, it turns out when schools have policies that can get you fired or expelled without a chance to defend yourself (let alone have an attorney) then this gives rise to abuses of the system — many of the same kinds of abuses with similar unfortunate racial impacts that we see when off-campus justice systems are abused.

Ironically, many of the successful lawsuits about unfair expulsions are themselves Title IX lawsuits.

For some introductory coverage see also: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/title-ix-sexual-misconduct-on-c...