To read Yale University’s latest report on its sexual assault investigations, one might think the school is a hotbed of sexual violence against female undergraduates. One expects media headlines — if they cover the report — to hype the numbers of reported assaults as if the school has a serious problem.
Indeed, the report from Yale’s Deputy Provost for Health Affairs & Academic Integrity, Stephanie Spangler, shows that 50 undergraduate females reported being sexually assaulted in the first six months of 2018. With a female undergraduate population of around 2,700, that means that roughly 1.85% have been sexually assaulted — a violent crime rate twice as high as Detroit, America’s most dangerous city, as pointed out by author and professor K.C. Johnson.
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