ASHE SCHOW: Why aren’t we taking rape seriously? “You would think the issue was being taken seriously, given the mattress-carrying demonstrations and numerous marches with hand-made signs spouting catchy slogans like “non-consensual sex is rape.” But according to the activists, the solution to this problem — this so-called rape culture — is not to send serious crimes to the police, but to campus courts where the worst an accused student can face is expulsion.” That’s because it’s about empowering activists, and campus administrators who work hand-in-hand with the “activists,” rather than about actually solving the problem.