The New Campus Anti-Rape Movement

The New Campus Anti-[...] Movement was a series of political movements by survivors of campus [...] violence and their allies in the United States that began as early as 2008, although many articles begin with the rise of activism in 2011. While related to the anti-[...] movement of the 1960’s and 1970’s that grew out of second wave feminism, which focused on the production of federal and state laws regarding [...] violence against women, the New Campus Anit-[...] Movement focued on federal compliance and bureaucratic safeguards in institutions of higher education—namely in response to the statistic that as many as 1 in 5 women in higher education will be a survivor or victim of [...] violence. In many situations, the movement took the form of protest and petitioning at colleges and universities, with the intention of shining light on unfair or imbalanced practices regarding survivor support, perpetrator sanctions, and higher education cultural issues. In some situations, protests were accompanied by organized filings of Title IX, Title IV and Clery Act complaints with the Office of Civil Rights at the United States Department of Education. Although located throughout the United States, internet activism connected regional groups, giving the movement national cohesion via the sharing of political tactics. The main aims of the movement have been campus [...] prevention, creating appropriate college and university procedures for responding to [...] violence, and compliance with federal and state mandates.

Organization

The New Campus Anti-[...] Movement is made up of multiple regional and campus organizations, interconnected by multiple internet platforms.

"Also," Amanda Hess adds in a Slate follow up, "they're Skyping, Facebooking, and Tweeting it all." Inter- and intra- campus coalitions have used blogs to both share strategies and demonstrate effective tactics, while also updating their communities on local actions. While organizations like George Washington Students Against [...] Assault (GW SASA), UCLA's 7000 in Solidarity: A Campaign Against [...] Assault, and the Oxy [...] Assault Coalition (OSAC) often serve as coalitional groups of multiple on-campus organizations standing against [...] violence, Twitter accounts like EROC (End [...] on Campus) and KnowYourIX serve as hubs for sharing information across organizations.

Criticisms

The movement has been criticized on multiple levels. City Journal, for instance, refers to it as an engine of "the campus [...]-assault industry," arguing that

Time Magazine similarly published an opinion piece Caroline Kitchens that opined "[...] Culture Hysteria," echoing Christine Hoff Summer's argument that activists have created "Panic Where Paranoia, Censorship, and False Accusations Flourish." Kitchens has also argued that activists have created and distributed false statistics regarding the incidence of [...] violence on campus.