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Rape is a ripple effect. Yes, like a rock hitting the water, the epicenter feels the most severe effects of the action, but the ripples feel a more slight, but pervasive force.

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Relieving rapists of their responsibility, colleges articulate their passive acceptance of violence on women. Tasked with preparing the next generation for progress, they instead solidify a status quo of misogyny and gender violence.

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Are you a female who is incapacitated in some way? Better be ready to assaulted – er, I mean, “taken advantage of.”

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“But where do we draw the line and stop worrying about being politically correct every second of the day and see that rape on campuses isn’t always because people are rapists.”

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It’s a journalists job to ask hard questions and verify facts, that’s literally a journalist’s only job, and skipping over the legwork to try and break open a story is unethical whether it’s out of an abundance of empathy or not.

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At first I wondered why people would not report it, but now, now I know. I have been victimized.