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The Effort To Stop Campus Rape Is Finally Starting To Focus On High Schools

Experts say there's not enough emphasis on the role of K-12 schools when it comes to stopping sexual violence.
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124 Colleges, 40 School Districts Under Investigation For Handling Of Sexual Assault

The Education Department's backlog of cases keeps growing.
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When Colleges Threaten To Punish Students Who Report Sexual Violence

Victims turn to their universities for help, but get warned that they, too, could face disciplinary charges.
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LGBT Students Face More Sexual Harassment And Assault, And More Trouble Reporting It

Students can risk losing their only support system when they have to report on one of their own.
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New Study Challenges Assumptions About Serial Rapists On Campus

Experts say we face a "whack-a-mole" problem with campus rape.
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How To Tell If Your Experience Of Sexual Assault Is Valid In One Chart

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Oregon Basketball Coach Sued For Recruitment Of Player Punished For Sexual Assault

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Yale Law Students: Professor's Campus Rape Op-Ed Gets It Wrong

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Why Sexual Assault Should Never Be In Quotes

Every human being has an unassailable right to absolute control over his or her own body. Period. No questions. No modifiers. No extenuating circumstances. Ever.
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Dear Harvard: You're Not Winning (This Article Is About Rape, Not Basketball)

I, too, went to Harvard, and years later (when I least expected it), I was raped. Ever since that day in April 2008 -- when I was pushed into the mud by a violent 15-year-old boy -- I've been thinking a lot about how our society handles the problem of rape.
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