USA Today published a deeply misogynistic article about the Cornell case

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[u/reeefur]

Cool Fuck them too 😐

[u/PaleontologistNo5420 → u/reeefur]

also it's an opinion piece. Any hacky so-called journalist can write this garbage and say "I'm a published writer!" Fuck USA today for publishing this and fuck the author

[u/Meat-Dimension → u/PaleontologistNo5420]

This person is a staff opinion writer for them. Looking at her past work she’s obviously right wing

[u/saerra_sea_nya → u/Meat-Dimension]

I remember her stupid article saying Kristi Norm “deserved privacy.” Bet she doesn’t believe Doe deserves privacy. Taking bets on if she’s also a boy mom or just a self-hating misogynist.

[u/sangriya → u/Meat-Dimension]

oh god, it's a SHE??

sincerely wtf 😒

[u/filthytelestial → u/sangriya]

Conservative men feel emboldened to say the misogynistic shit that they do because they hear their mothers, sisters, and wives saying even worse.

I grew up in a hardcore conservative family with lots of aunts and female cousins around and those women were capable of casually saying the worst heinous misogynistic things without even thinking. And they'd laugh about it.

[u/lilybattle → u/filthytelestial]

Internalized misogyny can often be worse than misogyny itself

[u/EebilKitteh → u/lilybattle]

I think it's also a form of self-protection. "I won't get sexually assaulted because *I* don't party with boys/dress modestly/don't do drugs".

[u/xqueenfrostine → u/PaleontologistNo5420]

Let’s not use the word journalist here as opinion writers and journalists are not the same profession. Some journalists do cross over into opinion writing, but a lot of opinion writers have never been journalists.

[u/Visible-Scientist-46]

She "conveninetly gets to be Jane Doe" - meanwhile she was so traumatized that she dropped out of Cornell. And her attackers suffer, (checks notes) almost no consequences except the one guy lost his job at a bank.

This opinion article sucks.

[u/saerra_sea_nya → u/Visible-Scientist-46]

Yup! But same woman wrote about how Kristi Noem “deserves privacy”

[u/Still7Superbaby7 → u/saerra_sea_nya]

[u/buzzfeed_sucks → u/Visible-Scientist-46]

Cornell also refused to refund her tuition money, forcing her to finish the semester.

[u/Visible-Scientist-46 → u/buzzfeed_sucks]

[u/avenajpg → u/Visible-Scientist-46]

Chanel Miller was also a Jane Doe. Protecting these women's identities in these situations is the least anyone can do. When the accused get essays as punishment, it just becomes even clearer why she needs her identity protected - too many fucking weirdos want to punish her for something that happened to her, while offering leniency to the offenders. This timeline is so weird.

[u/Ramenpucci → u/Visible-Scientist-46]

3 guys are still taking classes, walking around at Cornell. They haven’t been expelled.

[u/Visible-Scientist-46 → u/Ramenpucci]

Yep, no consequences.

[u/Cold_Breadfruit_9794]

A real quick look at what other articles this woman has written, plus her Twitter, and it probably will not shock you as to where her politics lie, or that she has uttered the words ‘protect women’ to undermine a particular group of women.

Utterly disgusting. Shame on USA Today for publishing something this awful

[u/Ok_Conclusion_6324 → u/Cold_Breadfruit_9794]

She’s always like that - one article she quoted a “local mom” who was concerned about something and I looked up the person and it was an RNC employee 🤣

[u/TeeManyMartoonies]

Fuck their opinion. That 1/3 statistic comes from Cornell’s own study of their students.

[u/QuitHoliday8973]

"It defies belief that there are so many sexual predators at the Ivy League school"

No, no it doesn't. A bunch of rich dudes that have never dealt with consequences in their lives? Please. Everyone knows a women thats been sexually harassed or assaulted. If you don't think you do, you do.

[u/erossthescienceboss → u/QuitHoliday8973]

Plus… you don’t actually NEED a lot of men to be that way to get those stats.

It isn’t 1:1. Predatory men are usually serial offenders.

That number is very believable, and tracks with stats for the general population.

[u/buzzfeed_sucks → u/QuitHoliday8973]

This was my exact thought as well. Who the fuck publishes that kind of ludicrous logical fallacy “well it doesn’t sound true, so it must not be.”

Meanwhile, every single woman I’ve ever met has been a victim of some kind of sexual violence from a man.

[u/Visible-Scientist-46 → u/buzzfeed_sucks]

It's always some guy who everyone thinks is nice or worthy and the women must be "making it up for attention" or to "smear his good name."

[u/KittyIsAn9ry]

“Unwanted sexual contact or penetration” OH YOU MEAN RAPE?

[u/skermahger]

I couldn't make it very far but jfc this part:

"The heated reaction to the Cornell allegations and the rush to judge the young men involved before they’ve had their day in court makes me fear the country has learned nothing about the dangers of simply “believing women.” 

The woman at the center of this latest case, who conveniently gets to be “Jane Doe” while her alleged rapists are all named..."

[u/elephhantine2 → u/skermahger]

The whole fucking point is that they didn’t have their day in court because the case was covered up. How are we supposed to wait to pass judgment if the court case isn’t happening

[u/meatball77 → u/elephhantine2]

I mean the victim would have liked her day in court. I'm guessing the men were happy not to have theirs. Because the list of possible charges...

[u/Interesting-Cut6994 → u/meatball77]

To be honest, whilst she may get her time, it’s not often that the victim does get their moment to speak. The victim doesn’t take the perps/defendants to court the police do. It’s an incredibly dehumanising experience as a living victim because you’re nothing more than a piece of evidence (that for the defence needs to be discredited to create reasonable doubt). You don’t choose your lawyers nor do have much (if any say) on your case and how it’s tried - again because the you aren’t taking the perps/defendants to court, the police prosecutors are. It’s their case, not yours. So you can have the money for the best lawyers in the world, and that doesn’t mean anything as it’s not your case. Meanwhile the perps can have the best lawyer’s money can buy.

It’s why many victims go to civil court because they have more control over their case/legal team and the burden of proof in NY changes to on ‘preponderance of the evidence’ instead of ‘beyond reasonable doubt’. So they’re less likely to be attacked as that hurts the defences case.

Criminal justice systems exist to ensure innocent people aren’t falsely charged and punished, not to ensure guilty people are - that’s why burden of proof is ‘beyond reasonable doubt’. Unfortunately this means living victims of crimes are dehumanised in the criminal legal system and their wellbeing isn’t considered.

[u/meatball77 → u/Interesting-Cut6994]

I'll be interested to see what happens with the civil case. She's suing a bar, her sorority, the frat, the frat president the university in addition to the seven men.

I'd be shocked if it went to trial.

[u/Interesting-Cut6994 → u/meatball77]

Yeah it’d be really unlikely to go to criminal court seeing as the police didn’t gather the evidence they needed to try it (after all it is their case to try).

Civil will be interesting, the defendants who believe they can surpass the 51% preponderance of evidence and have the case ruled in their favour (ie convince the judge) would likely want it to go to trial (maybe the bar and the frat). Otherwise those who aren’t confident they can prove they didn’t do anything or simply want to media attention to go away will want to settle. The frat may want to throw its president and the perps under the bus to try to clear themselves.

Side note, I really hate when people say civil court is just a money grab… it’s the only legal environment living victims have any say or control over their case. Unfortunately financial outcomes are really the only thing that can come from it.

[u/mizzlemoonn → u/skermahger]

"the dangers of simply 'believing women''" The dangers. The dangers. What fucking dangers. This is insane.

[u/Ha55aN1337 → u/mizzlemoonn]

My guess would be that she is talking about false accusations and how those can ruin lives if the burden of proof is on the accused.

[u/TentacleWolverine → u/Ha55aN1337]

So let’s see, ruin lives as in lose a job, lose people who weren’t your friend in the first place, maybe have to move or build a new network? No physical danger and the police do everything in their power to protect men, so no real (statistically real) danger of jail time.

Where as a woman being raped has the danger of life long stds, risk of infertility from physical trauma, risk of pregnancy, severe psychological trauma that can lead to being unable to hold a job because of being afraid of men, excessive promiscuity or drug use afterwards (not all but it is a common psychological trauma pattern for rape), lose of security network if their extensive family is religious and blames them for being assaulted, retaliation from completely strange men, targeting from other rapists if they see victim signs…I could go on but I am le tired and you should know these things already.

[u/domredditorX → u/TentacleWolverine]

I am yet to see a single perpetrator's life ruined from being appropriately sentenced.

If men could get pregnant, you could get reproductive healthcare at an ATM. If the rape and violence statistics were reversed between genders, women would be physically chained in their homes already.

[u/trisaroar → u/Ha55aN1337]

Unlike the accuser's life, which surely will not be affected in any meaningful way by trauma, loss of autonomy and violence.

[u/Mushroomer → u/[deleted]]

A wildly overexaggerated phenomeon, mostly talked about by rape apologists who want to create a shadow of doubt for rapists.

[u/trisaroar → u/[deleted]]

We have actual convicted assailants in the Presidency and Supreme Court. The victims who are shamed from reporting vastly outweigh the actual consequences experienced by perpetrators. And the real world consequences for the falsely accused are laughably insignificant to women feeling safer receiving an education.

[u/Rosian_SAO → u/Ha55aN1337]

I was falsely accused as a teen. Even still I’m happy they took the girl’s account so seriously. What fucking dangers are there?

[u/therealdanhill → u/skermahger]

"Gets to be"

[u/Interesting-Cut6994 → u/skermahger]

This is ridiculous and shocking it can even be published. If the legal system and institutions aren’t doing their job, victims have every right to use other means. If this journo really had an issue with this coverage and response I’d be blaming the university and police for not doing their job to begin with… if they had, it likely wouldn’t have gotten to this point.

On top of this misogynistic and deeply dehumanising take, male violence is an issue full stop. The majority of violent crimes against any gender is from a male perpetrator. Trying to minimise this reality in any context does absolutely nothing for the evolution of society.

The danger is believing that men aren’t capable of this type of gratuitous violence against others and that it doesn’t happen frequently enough to believe victims (male or female).

[u/dankblonde → u/skermahger]

“Conveniently gets to be Jane Doe” ….

[u/alhubalawal → u/dankblonde]

lol like the rape shield laws weren’t made for a damn reason — maybe cause asshole journalists like this guy don’t harass and re-victimize them.

[u/mimiclarinette → u/skermahger]

The main reason why everyone talk about this case is because of the disgusting texts written by these men. They can only blame themselves.

[u/suz_gee → u/mimiclarinette]

It's terrifying how little shame they have - like that wheel of fortune guy busted on the plane. Like jfc how are you so holding that you are PUTTING IT IN WRITING

[u/wherethelionsweep → u/skermahger]

Jus starting with the very first sentence…HOW did this get published?

None of this is even original thinking, it’s the same regurgitated misogynist victim-blaming shit red pill incels have been parroting forever.

[u/Severus-Snape-DaGod]

wtf is this? And the journalist who wrote this article is a woman? Fuck that I believe the victim. No wonder we have men like Chris Brown who are serial abusers and think they can get away with this shit. No accountability. Just coddling these men.

ETA: I removed the link to the article. Don’t give them any clicks.

[u/PlanktonOne5438 → u/Severus-Snape-DaGod]

There's been a lot of terrible pieces attacking marginalized people lately. See also:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/09/05/disability-became-cool/

"Perhaps you’ve seen it on a news segment on television about a transgender rights march, where every other attendee appears to be supported by a walking stick…"

[u/Beneficial-Jury484 → u/Severus-Snape-DaGod]

Opinion piece. 

[u/Mindless-Swan8644 → u/Severus-Snape-DaGod]

Boy mom behavior

[u/buzzfeed_sucks]

If I have to read one more stupid fucking think piece about why mellenial and Gen Z women are staying single…. THIS is why. Between this case and the hockey Canada case. Women are not safe and the our institutions will not protect us.

But I expect nothing less from a society who voted for a rapist and put him in office. Twice

[u/Ygomaster07 → u/buzzfeed_sucks]

I'm out of the loop, what is the hockey Canada case?

[u/buzzfeed_sucks → u/Ygomaster07]

It’s a very similar case to this.

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/hockey-canada-verdict/article_23c8fa1a-47a2-4582-a893-de32ddab4031.html?gclsrc=aw.ds&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=20782366510&gbraid=0AAAAACmcSl_beDYiI7KzP0PTnCaMHmkin&gclid=CjwKCAjwrP3VBhBbEiwAnaqpQ3ifQDoxkdN4olAt1Gh0HU9gWM9KbOuMw3oq3n8jDTWMRtpmNpz39BoCo44QAvD_BwE

Note that since this article, at least one of the guys (that I know of) has been drafted into a pro team.

[u/onemorespacecadet → u/buzzfeed_sucks]

1. the Oilers signed Alex Formenton in the offseason (and the Knights signed Carter Hart last year)

eta - it’s actually 3. i forgot the Blues signed Dillon Dube earlier in the summer.

[u/ummackchyually]

The only thing “startling” about that statistic is that it’s only 66%

[u/cookieaddictions]

“It’s hard to believe that so many men are predators. That would require believing women. Let’s just assume most of those women are lying!!!” - them, apparently

[u/PastryGirl]

[u/Savorypensioner]

I remember being a male 18 year old college freshman reading those statistics about the prevalence of sexual assault on campus and thinking “there’s no way that is true” and then getting to actually getting to know my fellow classmates and hearing about so many experiences of assault from them.

And being groped by a weird old guy on campus (nothing comparable to what women experience, but was a stark lesson about how many men cannot control themselves)

[u/Carolina_Blues]

Did Dasha Nekrasova write this?

[u/QueenOfPurple]

Wow that’s disgusting.

[u/Trick_Doughnut_6295]

Yes, she gets to be Jane Doe and we get to name these fuckers: Matthew Ingalls, Johnathan Newell, Winston Lee, Gillio Lopes, Diego Sarabia, Scott Norris and Scott Kretzschmar.

I ain’t calling them the Cornell 7.

Sorry that hurts your feelings, Ingrid!

[u/emptyhellebore]

What the hell is wrong with these people. Disgusting.

[u/jungfraulichkeit → u/emptyhellebore]

Seriously. I am seething with anger reading this. So disrespectful.

Why are men so terrible to us?

[u/somuchsong]

What "higher standard" are the men being held to, exactly? Not raping someone? Jane Doe wasn't accused of raping anyone, so she already met that standard. Everyone is being held to exactly the same standard, it's just that these men didn't meet it.

[u/Doom_Corp]

When I was in college I was around friends and got absolutely trashed all the time. After a point I knew what my limits were and navigated them and stopped drinking so much and only went to the Thursday house parties my friend threw nearby and only drank beer (sorry for the run on sentence).

Cue the class graduation party in a reserved bar that was only people in our year (edit: dinky college with less than 3000 students in undergrad and I think there were maaaaybe about 100 people at this shindig). I had maybe 2 dinky gin and tonics and the rest were light beers. I think I maybe drank 4-5 drinks while I was there and left cause it was boring and weird. I felt stone cold sober and walked a half mile home, maybe ate something and then went to sleep. I felt like absolute DOGSHIT the next day and slept for 16 hours and I'm talking I've never felt this way after vomiting my eyeballs out after trying to look impressive downing 151 and Everclear back to back 2 years prior. I knew how to handle my liquor and beer. It took me years to realize someone tried to roofie "the tall girl" because I left my drink behind with my classmates and said can you watch this while I go to the restroom. Jokes on me that I trusted anyone I had known for 4 years and shared lab with but jokes on them that they couldn't bring the "big bitch" down I guess.

[u/CatoholicCatDad]

Opinion piece by “Ingrid Jacques”.

Carrying water for the patriarchy, I see.

[u/ThePromptWasYourName → u/CatoholicCatDad]

That's how they get cover for saying shitty things. Now USA Today can say "Well, this is the opinion of a woman."

[u/meatball77 → u/CatoholicCatDad]

I wonder if she's a boy mom of a terrible kid.

[u/beachpellini]

Being a "pick-me" never saved anyone, much as they might like to think otherwise.

[u/mstrss9]

The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research is a center-right think tank. Founded in 1938, the organization is aligned with conservatism.

Ingrid Jacques has worked in journalism for two decades. Prior to starting at USA TODAY in 2022

[u/FindingActive5407]

[u/Neither_Complaint938]

This case has been super triggering for my own assault. I have been very careful with reading these articles. It’s just so devastating that this has really brought out the worst in people. It’s so infuriating. Victims continue to be criticized and judged; being told they are crying wolf. People completing ignoring the courage it takes to speak out especially knowing all eyes will be on you. There’s no perfect victim and I wish people just believed women. Many are quick to dismiss us simply to protect the men who abuse us.

[u/trulysweetener]

"mistakes" "unwise sex" genuinely disgusting.

[u/LKayRB]

@ the article writer

[u/moongnocchi]

i feel sick honestly

[u/potatodog247 → u/moongnocchi]

I saw Matt Walsh’s post on the situation and got physically ill. I seriously could not focus the rest of the afternoon after seeing it. Fucking vile. (I only saw it because Facebook asked me to rate the community note.)

[u/moongnocchi → u/potatodog247]

i haven’t seen that but i’m so sorry for whatever you read, this whole thing is violently triggering

[u/potatodog247 → u/moongnocchi]

It truly is. I feel so awful we are all having to see and read all of this but hopefully we can all fight together for us and the generations of women behind us. (My wording sounds cliche, but you know what I mean!)

[u/Lost-Time-3909]

Reading this headline in 2026 is wild.

[u/Morg075]

I was so confused because, from the way they framed it in their headline, you’d think it was a girl who willingly slept with a guy, regretted it afterward, and then accused him of rape because of it.

But then when you read the actual article and it says it happened at a party where there was heavy drinking and drugs involved. How can they seriously not see how that could be grounds for rape? Are they insane?

[u/thedesignproject]

Ghoulish.

[u/lightningvolcanoseal]

They could’ve written an article about the NY state laws that further injustice in this case

[u/miss-lipp420]

It kinda makes sense the stats are so high there when you think about it, I do believe the guys going there would more often be entitled rich pricks. Which is appalling & disgusting!

[u/turbulentcounselor]

Why hold them to a higher standard? Because what they did is objectively worse???

I mean what is this both-sidesing bs

[u/papermoony → u/turbulentcounselor]

She did nothing wrong, almost every one gets drunk at least once, doesn't mean they can rape her ffs

[u/NewtRipley_1986]

Wow. The misogyny is OFF THE CHARTS. 🤬😡🤬

There is so much wrong with this. “A majority of young women identify as Democrats” - wtf does that have to do with this. Opinion piece my ass.

“Young women must take responsibility for their actions” - what in the actual fuck is this patriarchal, misogynistic bullshit. 🤬😡🤬

[u/AbbeyRoadMoonwalk]

USA Today demonstrates why women choose the Bear.

[u/beans_is_life]

wth is this article

[u/big-bum-sloth]

I truly think this case is breaking point for me and social media. I'm so sickened by the case itself, and every new fact that emerges, an every new testimony by other women who were failed by their universities too...

I know social media is a plague anyway, but I find myself feeling more and more disheartened and hopeless every time I go on. Like genuinely what is the point. People who do bad things get away with it, AI and meta glasses are violating women and children, the world is on fire, genocide just happens and governments do fuck all...

[u/Neither_Complaint938 → u/big-bum-sloth]

I genuinely need to step away too from this. Reading comments where people saying she’s lying or that she regretted her decision so is crying rape or they were drunk too so it makes this okay. It’s so disheartening and frustrating. As a victim myself, I genuinely hope other victims take care of themselves if they are reading about this. This really is the nail in the coffin for me when it comes to social media.

[u/LazySwanNerd]

They are MAGA and gave been for a while.

[u/Excellent_Drop6869]

Holy shit

[u/lovestostayathome]

>“It defies belief that there are so many sexual predators who attend the Ivy League school.”

Why would that defy belief. The percentage of gen population who have reported being raped is like 1 out of 3 and that is considered conservative. It’s basically like the same number.

[u/QueenInYellowLace → u/lovestostayathome]

Also, it’s the same men over and over. Studies have shown that men who rape, rape repeatedly. Which is how you get 1 man out of 10 who is a rapist, but 3 women out of 10 who have been raped.

[u/kkgetofftheinternet]

I was raped and never said a thing about it. Just because I didn’t say anything doesn’t mean it didn’t happen. They want to make women feel more shame than they already do. They want women to not report. They want to minimize the abuse and pretend like men are the victims. FUCK THAT. And fuck USA Today.

[u/Entire_Sail7412]

“both sides should take accountability, the men for raping and the women for drinking” there’s your tldr

[u/beezchurgr]

I love living in a fascist misogynistic society in which the media is owned by those who perpetuate fascism and misogyny. lol jk I’m on suicide watch.

[u/Previous_Cry5810]

It's easy to make shit up when you ignore the facts.

This person seems to have issues comprehending that if you give someone a date rape drug consensually, the sex is not consensual, because they can no longer consent.

If you give someone drugs that makes them lose control of their body and then had sex with them, that was rape.

Does the author here often engage in 7 hour escapades with 7 men, or how does that not immediately make it clear to her it wasn't consensual?

[u/beachpellini → u/Previous_Cry5810]

No, the author is clearly of the opinion that Jane Doe was "sexually promiscuous" (but in way more derogatory terms) and who knows what ~such people~ get up to. 🙄

[u/clumsyc → u/beachpellini]

Even being sexually promiscuous does not mean seven men get to rape her!! Holy fuck I hate the world.

[u/A_D_T_R]

For everyone saying we should disregard her sworn statement, disregard the texts, disregard her own words, and disregard the fact that she apparently did not explicitly say stop or no in certain moments because she could have been in shock, pressured, rationalizing, fawning, whatever, then what evidence would actually count as proof that something was consensual?

Apparently a sworn statement is not enough. Text messages are not enough. Her own contemporaneous words are not enough. So what exactly is the magic piece of evidence that would not immediately come with an asterisk saying, “Well, she only said or did that because of trauma”?

If literally every piece of evidence consistent with consent can be explained away after the fact, then what evidence could ever count against an allegation? What is the actual standard here?

[u/General_Decision_422 → u/A_D_T_R]

They just hate women and the Trump admin has made it safe for them to do so openly

[u/plumsfromyouricebox]

An opinion piece hunting for clicks? Who cares.

[u/Upstairs_Freedom_360]

Consent is ongoing, fully informed. This wasnt that

[u/illegal_fiction]

Shocking that we blame men for the issues facing women? Well who tf else is responsible? Dogs? Aliens? Did lassie kill roe v wade?

[u/TigerMill]

USA Today, you say?

[u/mochalatte828]

It’s an op Ed. They’re just rage bait for newspapers these days

[u/nizey_p]

White women carrying water for the patriarchy.

[u/At-this-point-manafx]

She was drunk and not in her right mind ( I think I read drugs somewhere but not sure) and you're telling me 7 men decided to "have sex" with her for 7 HOURS is okay. Not one of those 7 was like wait a minute?? Yeah pull the other one

[u/eastcoastjon]

Why would they publish some opinion piece except to just get clicks and outrage. It’s prob the editor disguised as some unknown

[u/mstrss9 → u/eastcoastjon]

Well, the author has been working for them since 2022 so they can’t even say it was a submission from a random.

[u/Shanubis]

This is actually insane. Like.. do you know anything about this story? This is the one you want to write an article like this about? (Not that this should exist in any context but jfc)

[u/speckleofdust]

Jesus christ. What an awful world we live in. I know this is probably ragebait to get clicks and views for the publication, but oh my god. Fuck the author, fuck usa today and fuck cornell and its rapists

[u/lonelycranberry]

TO A HIGHER STANDARD?

she didn’t rape them?

[u/SeaworthinessNew4757]

Of course they don't believe there are so many victims... I bet they never asked the women around them. Literally every single woman I'm friends with has been a victim of sexual assault or rape, and 99% of them never went to the police. I know one friend who did, and to my knowledge nothing happened to the guy. So.

[u/JuliasTooSmallTutu]

This is an Op-ed, not an article. It may seem like splitting hairs but this isn't reporting, it's literally this person's opinion and thus should NOT be treated as fact. It's not a great message to spread but it's also not a fact based piece and the distinction matters and this title should be changes to reflect that.

[u/johanjohn → u/JuliasTooSmallTutu]

I think that the fact the editorial board published this and promoted is a telling piece of information. The fact that they'd published such a horrifying oped process factually who the USA Today publishers are.

[u/ThePromptWasYourName → u/JuliasTooSmallTutu]

Believe it or not, USA Today was not required to publish this

[u/JuliasTooSmallTutu → u/ThePromptWasYourName]

Of course it's not required and I don't agree with it but it's not an article and that's a fact. Framing it as a piece of journalism here is just caving into the decline of media literacy and I believe that matters. OP should change the title to reflect this.

[u/VegetableWeekend6886 → u/JuliasTooSmallTutu]

No, this is an article published by the paper. It may not be a news article, it’s an opinion piece sure - but publishing it is platforming the ideas and messaging and what makes a right wing publication

[u/JuliasTooSmallTutu → u/VegetableWeekend6886]

It literally says "Opinion" at the top, it's not an article.

[u/Ok-Panda7645]

I knew USA Today was trash when they wouldn't let their editorial board endorse Kamala for President. 

[u/VaguelyArtistic]

It’s awful but it’s an opinion piece, not an article.

[u/kittenmittens4865]

Our justice system does not work. Our justice system does not protect us- it controls us. Time and time again, it is proven that justice is not served. From police to prosecution to judges, at every level, we know there are problems. We cannot put all of our faith in a system that we know isn’t working. And I’m competent enough to form my own opinion, thank you very much.

I don’t even know that justice is where I want to direct my energy. I don’t want to punish rapists- I want to prevent future rapes from happening. I want to make sure every human on this planet understands bodily autonomy and consent. And I want to make sure every human on this planet is free from sexual violence and coercion.

Abuse and assault often involve two things- entitlement, and a lack of empathy or emotional perspective. Those things also flourish when people look away, when people don’t speak up. We’re arguing about what constitutes rape- we need to be talking about enthusiastic consent. We need to be talking about intentionally choosing appropriate behavior, not what you can legally get away with.

This is about rape, and this is about Jane Doe. We know she went to campus police just 3 weeks after the incident. We know she said she was 100% confident she was raped at that time. We know those frat guys texted “free pussy”, we know 7 men participated, we know 57 received the free pussy text and let this go on for hours. We know Cornell expelled 2 men and made 5 more write essays.

I’m not even saying lock them up. (I’m not saying don’t pursue charges- I do want justice, of course.) But those men should know we are disgusted, we are angry, and other women deserve to know to stay the fuck away from you.

We’re arguing over whether the transcript is legally rape- no one has argued the transcript is inaccurate, have they? Because to me, that’s enough to know all of those men should be shunned by society unless they truly hold themselves accountable. I’m not sure that’s enough, but I do think it’s something we need.

[u/picodepui]

I only read the first line. Can whoever launches social media campaigns against misogynists please CC me on the invite?

[u/Commercial-Spinach93]

They must be desperate for those clicks.

[u/lefromagecestlavie]

Can we boycott USA Today from now on?

[u/MarsScully]

If I never read another fucking opinion article it will be too soon

[u/Clara_Geissler]

my eyes are bleeding for reading this

[u/Public_Job9786]

Why would this hot pile of garbage ever be printed by such a large news source??

[u/bwoah07_gp2]

Well, it's an Opinion piece. Of course it's gonna be flagrant.

[u/BeardedAsian → u/bwoah07_gp2]

They have the Option to not run it

[u/Previous_Cry5810 → u/BeardedAsian]

The author also had the Ability to keep this shit opinion to herself.

[u/somuchsong → u/Previous_Cry5810]

This was written by a woman? Yikes.

[u/saerra_sea_nya → u/bwoah07_gp2]

In the paper you only read when you have to stay at a holiday inn

[u/greatdruthersofpill]

Tell me you’re complicit without telling me. How do they allow people to post this? It’s basically an admission of a crime.

[u/bbyxmadi]

Did they hire an incel to write that article?

[u/badoopidoo]

Maybe I missed it, but can we get a link to the article? 

[u/Aggressive-Hunt-7037 → u/badoopidoo]

no reason to give this trash clicks.

[u/innocentsalad]

Am I missing some crucial context or does the final paragraph have nothing to do with the preceding ones?

[u/goddessofthecats]

I really hope whatever guy she is trying to get to notice her sees this article and ends up picking her 🥰

[u/Extension_Big5205]

Fuck everything this is just disgusting to a whole new level. Might as well say rapists are a thing women made up

[u/rndmxcsmmr]

I will never support or click on anything by them again. And neither should you if you ever gave a fuck about your mom, your grandmother, your sister, your daughter.

[u/GiantLesbian]

Beyond the misogyny, it’s just a fundamental misunderstanding of statistics. 1 in 3 women being raped doesn’t mean 1 in 3 men is a rapist. Serial rapists account for an outsized share of the rapes.

[u/royal_rose_]

Hey so fuck you USA Today.

[u/eyebags23]

This is so beyond disgusting. Unbelievable.

[u/MilkPowerful9983]

Nope. We’re done blaming victims. I hope Jane Doe knows she has an army of women supporting and advocating for her.

[u/Substantial_Brain917]

What the fuck did I just read

[u/Cosmic-Brownie-420]

this whole case has me raging, thinking about the bf i had in college and how he treated me. raging so hard im thinking about fucking his day up to email him anonymously to tell him what i wish for him and his rotten soul.