EXPECT TO HEAR MORE STORIES LIKE THIS ONE FROM STANFORD: In October 2013, I was sexually assaulted by a female student on campus. And note the hypocritical response from a campus sexual assault “counselor.”
I continued and began speaking of how I felt my gender could have played a role in the incident and how it was beginning to color our conversation. In response to this she began explicitly insisting that the woman in my case might not even know what happened that night and could accuse me of sexual assault. I had gone from possible victim to possible attacker in this woman’s eyes. Not having received the counseling I sought, I quickly ended the conversation. I understand that I didn’t handle things perfectly that night, but not once did this YWCA representative give any ounce of support. She didn’t refer me to any further resources. She never once validated that this was indeed sexual assault. As a man calling into the Young Women’s Christian Association, it’s tough to think that my gender did not play a role in this woman’s response.
If you can’t attack and shame men, why get involved in the sexual asasult biz at all?