A shame the DOE couldn't enforce the same laws when it came to that cesspool, Bob Jones Univ. Their "in-house" GRACE report was a sham. One day the truth will come out about that place.
The women who were afraid to report had a good reason. Christians consistently blame women for being raped, because in a patriarchal society like the evangelicals, men can do no wrong.
"She was wearing revealing clothing."- women have been raped wearing sweats and a t-shirt.
"She drank too much" - men drink too much all the time, you rarely hear of them being raped.
"He paid for the date"- women are not obligated to pay with sex, we're worth a HELL of a lot more than one dinner.
Seems to be an ongoing pattern with religious schools: problems with sexual assault on campus? Sweep it under the rug. It's been true with the Roman Catholic Church for centuries and, for a lesser period of time, Liberty University. It's a safe bet that, under Betsy DeVos, NOTHING would have been done about the multiple incidents at Liberty. Thankfully, with the Biden administration, we have people who actually give a damn about situations like this and are willing to take proper and decisive action.
Know what the shame is about this, though? WE know about this, just like we know about so many other such events. But will it make the 6 o'clock national news? I'm dubious.
“At the time, Liberty’s President, Dondi Costin, claimed there were “significant errors, misstatements, and unsupported conclusions in the Department’s preliminary findings.”“
Pretty much any time a group’s first response is “you’re lying or exaggerating” to an investigation like this, you know they’re not going to address anything reported on. Not until there’s serious consequences for not doing it, like in this case. And in general, the investigation didn’t lie or exaggerate.
I may be cynical, but nothing in the report surprised me. Not for Liberty University with its misogynistic religious foundations, not for any religious based university, and to be totally honest, not even for the most liberal colleges or universities. Crimes against women are still not addressed in an effective manner, there’s always a layer of excuses and apologists for the perpetrators. For every Larry Nassar, there’s a hundred who fly under the radar because they don’t have the number of victims he did. I mean, everyone ignored Cosby until there were too many victims to ignore. Nassar probably had plenty of complaints that staff ignored, until someone with enough clout was able to get the attention and then the victims were too numerous. This is so normal that you don’t have to look for these things, you just have to stop averting your eyes from it.
At the risk of being Captain Obvious, how (not) surprising that Liberty: blamed the victims, did little to jack shit to improve, threw employees under the bus, tried to CYA by making the government the bogeyman. I wish they’d be forced to close down but since that’s not likely I hope their enrollment drops significantly.
The worst part is that they won't change the circumstances that brought in the fines - the culture of the school, c'est-à-dire, evangelical Christianity.
At the time, Liberty’s President, Dondi Costin, claimed there were “significant errors, misstatements, and unsupported conclusions in the Department’s preliminary findings.”
The “error” was that they would have to pay out money from their grifting scheme of offering substandard educational offerings.
"The school says, for example, that if a student was drinking at a party and got sexually assaulted, she will not be punished for drinking if she reports the incident."
And I'm sure there are so very many unfortunate young ladies willing to test that statement out and see how it goes.
A shame the DOE couldn't enforce the same laws when it came to that cesspool, Bob Jones Univ. Their "in-house" GRACE report was a sham. One day the truth will come out about that place.
The women who were afraid to report had a good reason. Christians consistently blame women for being raped, because in a patriarchal society like the evangelicals, men can do no wrong.
"She was wearing revealing clothing."- women have been raped wearing sweats and a t-shirt.
"She drank too much" - men drink too much all the time, you rarely hear of them being raped.
"He paid for the date"- women are not obligated to pay with sex, we're worth a HELL of a lot more than one dinner.
Great reporting, I hadn't even heard about this!
"In the 2022-2023 school year alone, they got $880 million from the Department of Education that helps approximately 67% of students."
Am I crazy or can I think of better ways for the Department of Education to spend 880 million dollars. Is it just me.
Seems to be an ongoing pattern with religious schools: problems with sexual assault on campus? Sweep it under the rug. It's been true with the Roman Catholic Church for centuries and, for a lesser period of time, Liberty University. It's a safe bet that, under Betsy DeVos, NOTHING would have been done about the multiple incidents at Liberty. Thankfully, with the Biden administration, we have people who actually give a damn about situations like this and are willing to take proper and decisive action.
Know what the shame is about this, though? WE know about this, just like we know about so many other such events. But will it make the 6 o'clock national news? I'm dubious.
[they felt they would be blamed for what their assailants did]
Because they were and they would be.
That is the world of fundamentalism.
“At the time, Liberty’s President, Dondi Costin, claimed there were “significant errors, misstatements, and unsupported conclusions in the Department’s preliminary findings.”“
Pretty much any time a group’s first response is “you’re lying or exaggerating” to an investigation like this, you know they’re not going to address anything reported on. Not until there’s serious consequences for not doing it, like in this case. And in general, the investigation didn’t lie or exaggerate.
I may be cynical, but nothing in the report surprised me. Not for Liberty University with its misogynistic religious foundations, not for any religious based university, and to be totally honest, not even for the most liberal colleges or universities. Crimes against women are still not addressed in an effective manner, there’s always a layer of excuses and apologists for the perpetrators. For every Larry Nassar, there’s a hundred who fly under the radar because they don’t have the number of victims he did. I mean, everyone ignored Cosby until there were too many victims to ignore. Nassar probably had plenty of complaints that staff ignored, until someone with enough clout was able to get the attention and then the victims were too numerous. This is so normal that you don’t have to look for these things, you just have to stop averting your eyes from it.
Don’t even ask me about military institutions.
At the risk of being Captain Obvious, how (not) surprising that Liberty: blamed the victims, did little to jack shit to improve, threw employees under the bus, tried to CYA by making the government the bogeyman. I wish they’d be forced to close down but since that’s not likely I hope their enrollment drops significantly.
The worst part is that they won't change the circumstances that brought in the fines - the culture of the school, c'est-à-dire, evangelical Christianity.
Oh well. Women that go there, beware.
Purity Culture Assholes (aka "Liberty" University):
Women are people. They are not thongs that men own. You need to learn to treat them as such.
At the time, Liberty’s President, Dondi Costin, claimed there were “significant errors, misstatements, and unsupported conclusions in the Department’s preliminary findings.”
The “error” was that they would have to pay out money from their grifting scheme of offering substandard educational offerings.
Face it -- Liberty "University" is nothing but a religious rape factory.
this guy needs a visit from secret service.
https://angrywhitemen.org/2024/03/06/wake-up-people-theyre-lying-to-you-white-nationalist-stew-peters-has-an-antisemitic-meltdown/
"The school says, for example, that if a student was drinking at a party and got sexually assaulted, she will not be punished for drinking if she reports the incident."
And I'm sure there are so very many unfortunate young ladies willing to test that statement out and see how it goes.
"The school eventually fired the alleged perpetrator and banned him from campus. "
But did not report them to the police? That's beyond belief. Well – maybe not for a religious institution.
Long past time for the SACSCOC (Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges) to remove Liberty University's accreditation.