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TexasTowelie

(111,970 posts)
Wed Nov 2, 2016, 03:04 AM Nov 2016

Baylor official called women who reported sexual assault 'mentally ill,' ex-Title IX coordinator say

Baylor University's former Title IX coordinator said a top school official referred to women who made allegations of sexual assault as having mental illness, a claim he has denied.

Patty Crawford made the claim about Reagan Ramsower, Baylor's senior vice president for operations, during an interview on 60 Minutes Sports on Showtime that aired Tuesday.

She said the statement came during an emergency meeting in former university President Ken Starr's office after football player Sam Ukwuachu was convicted of sexual assault in September 2015.

"It seemed like it came from the fact that one of the women ... was suicidal," Crawford said. "I said, 'No ... the incidents themselves have caused traumatic response in these women. They are not mentally ill.'"

Read more: http://www.dallasnews.com/news/higher-education/2016/11/01/baylor-official-called-women-reported-sexual-assault-mentally-ex-title-ix-coordinator-says

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Baylor official called women who reported sexual assault 'mentally ill,' ex-Title IX coordinator say (Original Post) TexasTowelie Nov 2016 OP
Sounds like Baylor needs to get rid of more than Ken Starr Warpy Nov 2016 #1
Largest Baptist college in the world get the red out Nov 2016 #2
So she was the only one who realized Ilsa Nov 2016 #3

Warpy

(111,169 posts)
1. Sounds like Baylor needs to get rid of more than Ken Starr
Wed Nov 2, 2016, 03:16 AM
Nov 2016

or young women need to give that particular school a miss.

Since women now outnumber men in college enrollment, that would give them a swift kick in the bank account that would make them take sexual assault more seriously.

Ilsa

(61,690 posts)
3. So she was the only one who realized
Wed Nov 2, 2016, 06:23 AM
Nov 2016

How devastating sexual assault could be to a young woman, how emotionally distressing.
Shame on BU. No wonder the ncaa was praying they'd lose a football game so they could be ignored in rankings.

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