What's your take on Betsy DeVos overturning Title 9 policies at US universities?
OK I have a bit of a stunner for one and all here given my status as a hard core liberal here.....ready? I'm all for Ms. DeVos overturning the Title 9 policies - in fact I applaud her in doing so and believe that this may be the one good thing that comes from the Trump administration.
My reason? To me it's non-excusable that young men in a university setting are denied due process - the right to present evidence supporting innocence, the right to present witnesses - the right in general to defend themselves. To many young men's lives have been ruined on the mere word of a woman, with the young man having no right to defend himself from said accusation.
To the ladies here, I am no rape apologist. Rape is a serious crime and in cases where there is proof/evidence beyond a mere accusation, I am all for prosecution to the fullest extent of the law. I just need more than a mere accusation is all. Is this too much to ask for? The need for the right for young men to defend themselves and have the right to present evidence contrary to the accusation? Is this a country worth living in if young men are not worth this right, and if so, why should men live in the United States if a price tag of this citizenship is such vulnerability? How is this in their best interest(s)?
Furthermore, all that changes with the overturning of Title 9 policies is that young men will have the chance to defend themselves - women will still most certainly have the right to present claims of rape and the right to have these claims taken seriously and acted upon - just not accepted as complete truth before a man has the right to his day in court is all, which is how it should have been all along. I'd say this is a victory for men's rights and not a blow to women's rights as the right to present such claims is not hindered and the right to expect such claims to be acted upon legally is also not hindered.
Thoughts? Rob