Columbia University Student Will Drag Her Mattress Around Campus Until Her Rapist Is Gone

[Janelle2002 3,865]

It's also alarming how many times someone gets falsely accused . Not diminishing the horrific act. If she was that embarrassed why is she carrying that silly mattress around bringing publicity to herself.

It just does not add up in the case.

Maybe she finally realized she does not have to be embarrassed because of an unwanted atrocious crime was committed against her and she wants other women to understand this too. The worst crime that can happen is to not report the crime at all.

[Jacque67 7,328]

Maybe she finally realized she does not have to be embarrassed because of an unwanted atrocious crime was committed against her and she wants other women to understand this too. The worst crime that can happen is to not report the crime at all.

+1

Good for her.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

It's also alarming how many times someone gets falsely accused . Not diminishing the horrific act. If she was that embarrassed why is she carrying that silly mattress around bringing publicity to herself.

It just does not add up in the case.

Presumably because she doesn't feel that she should be embarrassed by what has happened to her?

[decocker 7,198]

I will have to admit, rape is a subject that I know very little about. Why would you report a rape to the student council but not the police.

why you no answer? you scared?

[Penny Lane 8,159]

It's also alarming how many times someone gets falsely accused . Not diminishing the horrific act. If she was that embarrassed why is she carrying that silly mattress around bringing publicity to herself.

It just does not add up in the case.

Unbelievable. I guarantee you that more women do not report rape than falsely accuse people of rape just for fun.

[decocker 7,198]

Earlier this year, the results of a 5-year-old survey of Princeton University students were leaked, revealing 1-in-6 female undergraduates experienced "non-consensual vaginal penetration." That same year, 2008, only 20 forcible sex offenses were reported at the university of roughly 7,800 students, or roughly 1 in 195.

That 1 in 6 Princeton women experienced sexual assault is not abnormal when compared to other universities -- and is actually lower than the Justice Department's 2006 estimate that nationally one-fifth of female college students are sexually assaulted. Princeton later released survey results from 2009 through 2012, which showed an average of 1 in 8 women had reported a sexual assault, dating violence or a stalking in a 12-month period. These results too were lower than national averages, but represented a large discrepancy when compared to Princeton's self-reported Clery numbers.

The U.S. Naval Academy found a similar gap in its latest survey, but Department of Defense reviews have led to intense debate in Congress, resulting bipartisan efforts to improve the handling of victims' cases.

More accurate numbers could force students and administrators alike to wake up to the issue of sexual violence at their school, said USC student Alexa Schwartz, one of the complainants against her university. Schwartz said she's heard from many people who aren't aware or don't believe sexual violence is as prevalent as it actually is.

"You want to be defensive about it because that's your life," Schwartz said, "but you just have to eventually admit the reality that we're in a dangerous setting."

Lisak agreed "that showing [college officials] data from their own institution can certainly help" combat misconceptions among administrators.

Both Reed and Cantalupo suggest that conducting surveys online should allay any concerns about cost.

But Angela Esquivel, a USC graduate and sexual assault survivor who helped push for the passage of the Campus SAVE Act, noted one other potential barrier to a survey's efficacy.

"Part of the issue is a lot of the students don't even know even know what constitutes sexual violence," said Esquivel, who now teaches and works as a student affairs administrator at George Washington University. "In order for a survey like that to have the intended effect, first there would have to be education about defining sexual violence. And a step before that is helping students understand consent."

Esquivel wants to see colleges approach this issue "from a proactive stance rather than a reactive one."

"That's where the conversation needs to start," Esquivel said, "because we need to have an understanding of what is consent."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/23/campus-sexual-assault-surveys_n_3968725.html

Unbelievable. I guarantee you that more women do not report rape than falsely accuse people of rape just for fun.

men are so oppressed.

[JohnR! 5,495]

That is my take too. She is trying to raise awareness so that other women might not have to go through the same experience. She is brave in doing that and I can see why her course of action would set off fears in the less aware.

Maybe she finally realized she does not have to be embarrassed because of an unwanted atrocious crime was committed against her and she wants other women to understand this too. The worst crime that can happen is to not report the crime at all.

[Penny Lane 8,159]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/23/campus-sexual-assault-surveys_n_3968725.html

men are so oppressed.

Won't anybody think of the rapists?! They're the real victims here.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Unbelievable. I guarantee you that more women do not report rape than falsely accuse people of rape just for fun.

Its funny that the knee jerk reaction is that the story is fishy. Based on what, gut?

[Penny Lane 8,159]

Its funny that the knee jerk reaction is that the story is fishy. Based on what, gut?

Based on nothing. Based on the fact that there are some people who will always doubt the victim. Based on the fact that because false accusation DOES happen, they must question every rape victim to the point of invalidating them regardless of whether or not their story is true. Based on knowing nothing about rape and the impact it has.

Based on rape culture always focusing on the victim rather than the rapist. Women need to learn not to be raped, men don't need to learn not to rape.

Based on being gross, basically.

[decocker 7,198]

Won't anybody think of the rapists?! They're the real victims here.

just think of how getting kicked out of school for rape could affect a young man's life? all over a bit of booty. tsk tsk.

[Penny Lane 8,159]

And then these same people wonder why rapes don't get reported. Because of exactly what happened in this thread. "I was raped" ".... really? are you sure? why didn't you call the police? I don't buy it." OKAY THEN.

[JohnR! 5,495]

If only she had had a gun on her, none of this would have happened. Also we all need to find out what she was wearing when this alleged rape too place. Chances are that she was dressed provocatively. If you really look into this story you might find she has no one else to blame by herself. She should issue an apology to this young man! [eos]

And then these same people wonder why rapes don't get reported. Because of exactly what happened in this thread. "I was raped" ".... really? are you sure? why didn't you call the police? I don't buy it." OKAY THEN.

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

why you no answer? you scared?

I am a man of means and Leisure. I sleep late

[decocker 7,198]

I am a man of means and Leisure. I sleep late

lies.