Dear Leader has spoken, issuing a 1557-page document to reinterpret 37 straightforward words. The new Title IX update puts campus kangaroo courts back in business.
No right to have counsel question accusers or witnesses. No right to view the “evidence,” including anonymous accusations. Guilty until proven innocent. Single investigator model in which an unaccountable woke administrator serves as prosecutor, judge, and jury. Preponderance of the evidence (51%) standard for conviction. Discretionary sentencing without appeal. No consequences for false accusers.
Investigators at MIT’s embattled Institute Discrimination & Harassment Response (IDHR) Office must feel giddy with their reaffirmed powers!
There is only one rational way male students can protect themselves in such a hostile environment. NEVER date on campus.
Why risk putting yourself at the mercy of a potentially vindictive ex-girlfriend? Even fraternizing with the opposite sex should be done with caution, lest a careless slip of the tongue or inapt flirtation lead to charges of sexual harassment.
And yet, college is the time when many people find their lifelong mates. This used to happen through trial-and-error dating, with all the bumps, breakups, infatuations, passion, tears, regrets, and bittersweet memories that are part of growing up.
Dating under a Title IX Sword of Damocles that could blow up your $350,000 diploma along with your career prospects does not sound like an attractive invitation to the dance.
There is a practical solution. Campus Title IX Gestapos do not have jurisdiction over students that don’t attend their universities. Which means the rule of law will protect you from false accusations everywhere else but on your own campus.
Date accordingly.