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More_Cowbell

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2. Sex discrimination includes rape under Title IX

Reply to elleng (Reply #1)

Wed Nov 29, 2023, 03:54 PM

Nov 2023

This website has a good explanation of why many survivors choose to use Title IX to get help from their school rather than turning to the criminal courts, which have extremely low rates of prosecution and conviction.

https://knowyourix.org/issues/schools-handle-sexual-violence-reports/

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Rape is not sex discrimination, imo, it's a crime. elleng Nov 2023 #1

Sex discrimination includes rape under Title IX More_Cowbell Nov 2023 #2

How close are we getting to burning women at the stake again? Irish_Dem Nov 2023 #3

Actually, some of the reichwing fundy whackos have been niyad Nov 2023 #4

When women get sent to a hospital parking lot to bleed out Irish_Dem Nov 2023 #5