Yale Acknowledges ‘Historic’ Levels of Sexual Misconduct

Yale University has made headlines in recent years for hosting numerous controversial sex-themed events in the classroom, most notably showing hard-core pornography to students that depicted fantasy rape and sadism as part of the infamous “Sex Week” at Yale.

Worse yet, the university became the target of a federal investigation for its harmful sexual climate. At the conclusion of the investigation last year, a spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Education’s office for Civil Rights said that Yale had under-reported incidents of sexual harassment and assault “for a very long time,” and failed to keep adequate records of incidents of sexual misconduct.

This week the Daily Telegraph reports that sexual misconduct is worse than ever at Yale:

Yale is fighting to stamp out sexual assaults on campus after a rise to ‘historic’ levels, university officials said.

The Ivy League school in Connecticut, where tuition costs around $50,000-a-year, came under federal investigation in 2011 after 15 students filed a complaint alleging that the university is a ‘hostile sexual environment’ and failed to deal with incidents of sexual harassment.

Their evidence included a video of alleged Yale fraternity pledges holding a sign that reads ‘We love Yale sluts’ and chanting ‘No Means Yes’ on campus.

According to a Yale committee, in the second half of 2011, 14 sexual assaults were reported which includes rape and unwanted touching. Some 13 attacks were reported last year.

A separate federal report showed that in 2011 there were 37 sexual assaults at Yale -  a rise from 21 attacks the year before.

However these statistics may not reflect reality as rapes and sexual assault are typically crimes that are under-reported.

Yale officials, while publicly expressing concern about cases of real-world sexual violence on campus, nevertheless insist that porn films that include glamorized portrayals of sexual violence and rape are allowable in the classroom under their definition of “academic freedom.”

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