Feds using strategy of sexual offenders – DARVO
A defensive strategy called DARVO that is frequently used by accused sexual offenders now is often used by federal immigration agents accused of violence.
“Unlawful Advances” Digs Into Title IX
A new book, Unlawful Advances, examines how Title IX came to be applied to sexual harassment.
Title IX policies aren’t understandable to students
Students lack familiarity with Title IX not just because they aren't taught about it but because schools' written Title IX policies aren't understandable, a new study suggests. The bureaucratic, technical wording in those policies wasn't written for them. Researchers asked…
Men complain things to me
Writer Rebecca Solnit brilliantly described the commonplace phenomenon of mansplaining in her book Men Explain Things To Me. There's a similar phenomenon -- menplaining? dudespouting? -- in which men co-opt women's grievances to complain that they're the victims of sexism when…
Title IX critics huddle up for special treatment
When I read complaints that Title IX enforcement goes too far in dealing with sexual assault on campus, I think of football. Not because this topic is a political football being tossed around in the court of public opinion, though…
When schools ignore Title IX, children suffer
Title IX issues that start in colleges and universities inevitably make their way to K-12 schools, opening society's eyes to the pervasiveness of the problem at all ages. A year-long investigation by Associated Press reporters provides the latest example -- a…
Title IX case bridged Black, women’s movements
Pamela Price entered Yale University in 1974 as a Black nationalist with an Angela Davis-style afro. She'd never heard of Title IX and wasn't attracted to any of the women's organizations on campus. She put her heart and energies into the…
Hunting Ground documentary in crosshairs of history
The San Francisco Chronicle published my op-ed article about women finding their voices to speak out against sexual assault and harassment on campuses. It's online now; look for it in print on Thursday, Nov. 19. This Sunday, Nov. 22, CNN…
Students as sexual predators: the norm?
What do Title IX, the comedian Betsy Salkind, and the new film The Hunting Ground have in common? A historical thread that's about to change one sorry aspect of U.S. society. Finally. I hope. The Hunting Ground opens in cities across…
Fresno tied to Title IX over decades
Video: Bernice Sandler coaches Women's Studies students and faculty who are trying to improve policies at the California State University, Fresno, in November 2014. People all over the United States have links to Title IX. I'm enjoying seeing the fingers…