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OK, it's well known around here that colleges persecute men for sexual assault using the most flimsy of evidence. It’s a long standing problem; while Betsy DeVos has allowed colleges to have reasonable investigations about alleged college abuse without being threatened to lose federal funds, colleges continue to have some pretty ridiculous investigations.

Here’s one I haven’t seen yet: A kid gets raked through the coals for making out with a girl. They kept their clothes on. He didn’t get the bang. Despite this, they open up an investigation and threaten him with expulsion. I wish I was making this bullshit up.

Here are some relevant passages from the linked article:

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Eventually finding themselves alone in Becky's dorm room, they kissed for a few minutes—and engaged in some light sexual touching—before other students interrupted them.

In James's view, the encounter had not only been fully consensual, it was also mutual: Becky bore just as much responsibility for initiating it as James. And, as Becky would later make clear to the investigator, she had also touched him sexually—she explicitly described her own actions in her official statement.

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And yet the investigation continued until May 1—at which point the Office of Student and Judiciary Affairs finally concluded that James was innocent. Even so, Becky was afforded the opportunity to appeal the decision, consistent with university policy as dictated by the Obama administration's Education Department, which had obligated college administrators to give accusers the option of appealing adverse findings if they granted this right to the accused.

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Even so, James had to spend most of a semester fearful that his life as he knew it was about to end—that his name would become synonymous with the evil men of #MeToo. He had to recount the intimate details of an amorous encounter to university administrators, a lawyer, and his parents. And his family shelled out $12,000 in legal fees.

You heard that tight. “James” (the names in this article are fictitious) had to pay $12,000 to defend himself from a baseless accusation where they didn’t even take off their clothes or have sex.

If you want sexual morals, you have men’s colleges and you have women’s colleges and you don’t let men mingle with women unless they are married to them.

But allowing a woman to start a full investigation for some light petting? Insane.