Under Title IX (the US law that prevents sex discrimination in any educational environment), colleges and universities are not only legally obligated to take every possible measure to prevent sexual assault on campus, but fairly and thoroughly investigate any allegations of sexual assault.

This means that a school must also take real steps to recognise an assault and ensure survivors receive the accommodations they need to safely and successfully continue their education. As such, a number of strict guidelines have been put in place at some of America’s top universities in order to prevent anyone from being assaulted (Ohio’s Antioch College demands that any touch – even shaking hands with someone – requires clear enthusiastic verbal permission).

And yet, as figures and high-profile cases have shown, the system is failing both men and women: campus assaults continue, and some argue that some have been punished for offences that wouldn’t rise to the level of criminal offence.

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