"Rape - punishment for being a woman": The epidemic of sexual assaults on US campuses

A ynet reporter presents a grim picture of the epidemic of sexual assaults on US campuses, focusing on the case of 'Jane Doe' from Cornell and the 'Mattress Girl' affair from Columbia. The article cites harsh statistics and criticizes university mechanisms that protect the accused while abandoning victims.

A ynet reporter presents a grim picture of the epidemic of sexual assaults on US campuses, focusing on two central cases: the 'Mattress Girl' affair of Emma Sulkowicz from Columbia, and the case of 'Jane Doe' from Cornell. The article cites harsh statistics from the National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC), according to which one in five female students experiences sexual assault, and more than 90% of cases go unreported. At Cornell alone, more than 1,200 reports were filed between 2018 and 2024, but the university filed disciplinary charges in only 162 cases, and only seven ended in permanent expulsion. The article quotes Prof. Kate Mann from Cornell, who argues that universities impose harsher punishment on students participating in political protests than on those convicted of sexual assaults. The article also examines the impact of the change of administrations in Washington on policy, noting that the Trump administration has again revoked the Obama administration's guidelines this week.