Duke University police are investigating another rape allegation involving Duke students.
Is there a correlation between all of these rape allegations and those students jumping up and down during the Duke basketball games? Inquiring minds want to know.
This doesn't sound like much of a case for a prosecutor either. I'd say this one will be dropped or pled out on a minor charge.
The guy in this case is toast, however. He will never finish his degree at Duke. He will find transfer difficult. He may well deserve this result, of course. Sex with drunken women is pretty far out of bounds, even if a bunch of young men don't know it.
Parents, these cases at Duke are not that far out of the norm. College can be a fun-loving and supportive learning environment for some. Remember though:
Boys are in serious danger of running into a set of social and gender hostilities that they may not understand. They can be expelled, ostracized, flunked and mocked for their gender or their ideas or both.
Girls are under terrible social pressure to live their lives on the edge. Pregnancy, disease, assault, substance abuse, abortion and depression are normal parts of college life for women.
Cheap sex dominates the romantic scene. Males and females have little chance to develop the skills required for a serious life partnership. Fidelity and restraint are not understood or admired. Family life is belittled or pushed into a far-away, well-after-thirty future.