Feminism's War Against Young Men
April 15, 2010
Brown University, although it receives billions in federal funds, does not guarantee its students procedural due process - well, at least not if you're a young white male:
A former student has sued Brown University in federal court, saying university officials interfered with his efforts to clear his name after another student, the daughter of a prominent Brown alumnus and donor, accused him of rape. [The media refused to report the whole story. I will. Her name is Marcella Beth Dresdale. Her father's name is Richard C. Dresdale.]
In documents unsealed Monday, the former student, William McCormick III, said the university had failed to follow its own disciplinary policies and sent him home to Wisconsin after the woman’s father made calls to top university officials. The rape accusation was never reported to the police by Brown or the woman, according to the lawsuit. Within a month, Mr. McCormick had agreed to a private settlement with the woman’s lawyer: if he withdrew from Brown, she would not file criminal charges.
Surely there'd be some physical evidence if there were a rape. McCormick was a 250-pound wrestler. That'd be strong enough to rape 99% of C&F's male readership. Nevertheless, Brown never investigated the rape.
Did they even have sex? If so, when? When were they alone? Again, Brown did not investigate. They simply took the word of a rich girl who didn't like how McCormick looked:
According to his lawsuit, Mr. McCormick arrived at Brown in the fall of 2006 as a star wrestler and straight-A student with a financial aid scholarship to attend the university. He was assigned to live in the same dorm as the female student. In the first few days of school, the lawsuit describes the two as becoming “friendly, but not romantic.” But Mr. McCormick quickly drew attention in the dorm, the lawsuit says: his 250-pound frame cut a “physically imposing figure,” and the woman’s friends began describing him as “creepy” and called him her “stalker.”
Remember yesterday's post? What does it mean to say a guy is "creepy" or is a "stalker"? It simply means that the guy is not someone the woman is attracted to. If McCormick wore a pink Polo with popped collars, no doubt the little rich girl would not have viewed him as a creepy stalker. But since he was a non-douchebag and came from a humble family, he was creepy. How dare a regular American show interest in her?!
Those of you who have young men in college should also take heed:
After the student amended her complaint to include rape, Brown officials met with Mr. McCormick and presented him with a one-way ticket home to Wisconsin. According to the lawsuit, they denied his requests for a copy of the complaint against him and he was not given an opportunity to provide his version of events. He was told only that he faced a complaint of “sexual misconduct,” the lawsuit asserts.
No hearing; no discovery; no cross-examination; no due process. That Brown is a private college means nothing. Even private institutions are not allowed to discriminate based on gender. Brown nonetheless discriminated against McCormick because he happened to have been born a man.