On the eve of potentially pivotal meetings Thursday 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. [DeVos considers whether to roll back Obama-era approach to campus sexual assault]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. A Washington Post-Kaiser poll released in June 2015 found that 1 in 5 women say they were sexually assaulted while in college. Students who say they’ve been falsely accused of assault as well as sexual assault survivors have also been invited to the sessions. DeVos and the Trump administration plan to reshape Obama-era directives about handling sexual assault investigations at college campuses nationwide.

Source: Washington Post July 13, 2017 11:10 UTC