CollegesbecomethevictimsofprogressivismCollegesanduniversitiesarebeingeducatedbyWashingtonandarefindingtheexperienceexcruciating.Theyarelearningthatwhentheysaycampusvictimizationsareubiquitous(“micro-aggressions,”oftennotdiscernibletotheuntutoredeye,areeverywhere),andthatwhentheymakevictimhoodacovetedstatusthatconfersprivileges,victimsproliferate.Andacademia’sprogressivismhasrendereditintellectuallydefenselessnowthatprogressivism’sachievement,theregulatorystate,hasdecideditisacademia’sturntobebrokentogovernment’ssaddle.Considerthesupposedcampusepidemicofrape,a.k.a.“sexualassault.”Herewith,aPhiladelphiamagazinereportaboutSwarthmoreCollege,wherein2013astudent“wasinherroomwithaguywithwhomshe’dbeenhookingupforthreemonths”:GeorgeWillWillwritesatwice-a-weekcolumnonpoliticsanddomesticandforeignaffairs.Archive“They’dnowdecided—mutually,shethought—justtobefriends.Whenheendedupfallingasleeponherbed,shechangedintopajamasandclimbedinnexttohim.Soon,hewasputtinghisarmaroundherandtakingoffherclothes.‘Ibasicallysaid,“No,Idon’twanttohavesexwithyou.”Andthenhesaid,“OK,that’sfine”andstopped....Andthenhestartedagainafewminuteslater,takingoffmypanties,takingoffhisboxers.Ijustkindoflaidthereanddidn’tdoanything—Ihadalreadysaidno.Iwasjusttiredandwantedtogotobed.Ilethimfinish.Ipulledmypantiesbackonandwenttosleep.’”Sixweekslater,thewomanreportedthatshehadbeenraped.NowtheObamaadministrationisridingtotherescueof“sexualassault”victims.Itvowstoexcavateequitiesfromtheambiguitiesofthehookupculture,thiscocktailofhormones,alcoholandthefauxsophisticationoftoday’sprolongedadolescenceofespeciallyprivilegedyoungadults.Theadministration’scrucialandcontradictorystatisticsarevalidatedtheusualway,byofficialrepetition;JoeBidenhasbeenheardfrom.Thestatisticsare:Oneinfivewomenissexuallyassaultedwhileincollege,andonly12percentofassaultsarereported.Simplearithmeticdemonstratesthatifthe12percentreportingrateiscorrect,the20percentassaultrateispreposterous.MarkPerryoftheAmericanEnterp...
