EDUCATION: “On the eve of potentially pivotal meetings Thursday [7-13-17] about campus sexual assault with advocates for both victims and the accused, the woman who organized the listening sessions is facing intense scrutiny for saying in an interview that most sexual assault accusations on college campuses come after drunken hookups and bad breakups.
Candice Jackson, the acting assistant secretary for civil rights at the Education Department, made the comments in a New York Times story published Wednesday that prompted backlash from critics who said the comments perpetuated harmful stereotypes of sexual assault victims.
Many investigations don’t reveal ‘that these accused students overrode the will of a young woman,’ Jackson, whose office tracks Title IX violations, told the Times.
‘Rather, the accusations — 90 percent of them — fall into the category of *we were both drunk,* *we broke up, and six months later I found myself under a Title IX investigation because she just decided that our last sleeping together was not quite right,*’ Jackson said.
Title IX, part of the Educational Amendments of 1972, bars sexual discrimination in educational programs and activities that receive federal financial assistance.
After backlash from victims’ advocates, Jackson later issued an apology.”
-Katie Mettler, “Trump official apologizes for saying most campus sexual assault accusations come after drunken sex, breakups,” The Washington Post online, July 13, 2017 07:08am