It’s not just Yale: Are colleges doing enough to combat sexual violence?

By Kayla Webley

"On the evening of Oct. 13, 2010, members of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity at Yale University marched across campus chanting, 'No means yes! Yes means anal! No means yes! Yes means anal!' A video of the chanting men was posted online and quickly went viral, spurring an uproar on Yale's campus and nationwide. The message was clear: making light of rape — an abhorrent, violent, dehumanizing crime — is not acceptable, whatever the circumstances. "

"While the university was quick to issue a letter two days after the incident expressing outrage that such words were shouted on campus (and has issued several statements since), the response has been called into question in a complaint filed by 16 current and former Yale students who allege the school did not adequately punish the students involved in this incident (and a long list of past incidents). And in this inadequate reaction, complainants say, Yale appeared to condone the type of behavior the chant glorified, which in turn, precludes women from having the same access to an education at Yale as their male counterparts. ..."

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