One would think that it would take far less than five years, after a three-year period in development, to have some very clear sexual assault guidelines in place.
The Detroit News: MSU releases 5-year plan to address sexual assault, harassment after Nassar scandal
Again, it took them three years to come up with this 5-year plan after Dr. Nasser had gotten away with sexually assaulting underage and young women for years -- and it was covered up by MSU during that time.
This makes the powers that be at MSU feel that they are making a difference and really coming up with a cute name for the program after being in an inter-office and inter-disciplinary workshop for the past three years: The Relationship Violence and Sexual Misconduct initiative. I'm sure it also cost the university -- read taxpayers, its a state-funded university after all -- thousands and thousands of dollars.
May I suggest an Anti-Sexual Assault Policy that can be made effective and rolled out by the University immediately and not have to wait five years and it didn't take me three years to develop?
Here, they can have it for free, complete with a really simply name:
MSU's Anti-Sexual Assault Policy (heck it can even be implemented ASAP and cutely called, if they must, The MSU ASAP):
1. In cases of sexual assault, victims should call police immediately, not some university office that will sweep things under the rug or hold star chamber proceedings that impair actual criminal investigations. Also, anyone observing a sexual assault or with knowledge of one should similarly call police immediately and if an employee or student of the university is required to do so.
2. Police will investigate and take such claims seriously. Charges will be pursued if investigation shows such are appropriate.
3. Anyone covering up a sexual assault; or attempting to hamper an investigation into a sexual assault; or retaliating against someone for reporting a sexual assault; is fired or expelled immediately from the university and criminal charges, if appropriate and possible will be filed. All golden parachutes and separation agreements and University retirement contributions are revoked for such actions.
4. If a University student/officer/employee is found in possession of child pornography (As Nassar was) that is a an immediately terminable/expelling offense and is also immediately reported to police.
There, no need for a star-chamber procedure, yet another university committee, nor a new office and bureaucracy (note in the article all the many different offices involved here - it's a complete mess) nor five years and thousands more dollars to implement a plan that took three years to develop.
No need for a delay. Just announce the above 4 steps and implement them ASAP.
4 comments:
Tomorrow would be soon enough.
Eaton Rapids Joe: They should have been implemented yesterday. Heck, they should have been implemented 3 years ago, if not long before.
Makes WAY too much sense, can't have that...it's racisss...and all that
Old NFO: Yep, insufficient opportunity for funding, graft, new bureaucratic kingdoms, and blaming toxic masculinity that way.
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