Comments on: Four sexual abuses reported in two weeks

By: GW Women Organize against Sexual Violence | The Second Sex Column

GW Women Organize against Sexual Violence | The Second Sex Column — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 14:02:42 +0000

[...] to a Hatchet report from September 6, 2012, three women from GW were sexually assaulted within the first two weeks of the school year. One survivor was assaulted at McFadden’s, a bar [...]

By: Jon Franklin

Jon Franklin — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 06:24:46 +0000

I am speaking out against rape. I don’t know where you got that percentage, but it’s absurd.

To say that a young joining a fraternity turns him into a rapist, is crazy.

I think it’s interesting to point out that I’ve known more men than women who have been sexually assaulted.

If we create this atmosphere where if any questions stereotypes associated with rape are said to be somehow in support of it, we’re going to let the real culprits get away with it. To sexual assault someone is incredibly evil. Measures that identify these individuals is what is needed. If fraternities are blamed, there isn’t any headway, because they aren’t the problem. Guys don’t become part of a club and then suddenly think rape is ok. You are being SEXIST.

By: Little Timmy

Little Timmy — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 22:26:40 +0000

@C
Feminism killed chivalry

By: Nibbles

Nibbles — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 21:10:47 +0000

I feel like the hatchet is more to blame than UPD for crossing the line. They’re the ones who wrote and edited and allowed the article to be published.

By: C

Sat, 08 Sep 2012 18:22:39 +0000

Let me clarify: there is no evidence that the group mentality of frats prevents sexual assault. In fact, all evidence shows that it helps perpetrators cover-up what they’ve done.

Rape is very common. Very, very common. 25% of women in college will be sexually assaulted at least once while they’re there, according to the statistics.

Please stop apologizing for rape and sexual assault. Please go away.

By: Jon Franklin

Jon Franklin — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 02:31:24 +0000

The University Police and the Hatchet should have done more to protect their privacy. Not only does it do damage to those who have already sufferred, but it creates an environment where others won’t be as likely to come forward. UPD and the Hatchet should have had the students’ safety in mind.

By: Jon Franklin

Jon Franklin — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 02:22:09 +0000

You are the one who argued that the fraternity group mentality supports rape. This is hate speech. I simply said that the more people present the more likely someone will see something. Rapists exist, but they aren’t that common. Most fraternity members are as against rape as any other normal person.

By not recognizing the obvious reality, you are making it easier for rapists to go unprosecuted, just like by Pereira does by being discriminatory towards all men.

By: C

Fri, 07 Sep 2012 20:32:33 +0000

There is no evidence to back up your claims about the group mentality thing. Please go away.

By: What the hell?

What the hell? — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 14:14:33 +0000

It’s not horrible to report the fact that sexual assaults happen on campus, but parts of this article need to be removed. As a survivor, I can say that it’s difficult enough to get through this on one’s own–but if the survivors of these specific events see this article, how do you think they’re going to make them feel? Now everybody knows what’s happened, even if they don’t know who exactly it happened to. Is this supposed to help them or show support? Because it definitely doesn’t. It doesn’t matter if the hatchet is reporting ‘just the facts’ because this went too far and is entirely unnecessary and insensative to these people. These survivors deserve support, not unwanted attention.

By: Jon Franklin

Jon Franklin — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 04:56:04 +0000

Fraternities aren’t responsible for rape, people are. They mostly have the opposite effect because in a group there are more people looking out for others. Hate speech shouldn’t be acceptable. Worst of all it takes the focus away from who is really responsibile.

Also, an issue this serious needs to be investigated by a capable person. Tara Pereira, who ran SJS in a discriminatory manner against men, can’t handle it in a proper manner. How she hasn’t been fired yet is beyond all logical understanding.

By: C

Fri, 07 Sep 2012 01:51:49 +0000

Female students sexually assaulted on Townhouse Row and in McFadden’s…it’s as though the Greek system and McFadden’s are prime examples of institutions that perpetuate systematic sexual assault and rape culture. But who would ever think that?

It’s a good thing we spent all that money on that new logo rather than the woefully underfunded Sexual Assault Crisis Consultation team.