Justine

“I know what I was in those days: unsteady, inconstant, a badly made bow. Every fault in me his raising laid bare. Every selfishness, every weakness.”
― Madeline Miller, Circe

“In reality, the vast majority of Title IX investigations have always ended in favor of the accused.”
― Nicole Bedera, On the Wrong Side: How Universities Protect Perpetrators and Betray Survivors of Sexual Violence

“This meant that victim and perpetrator were both given an equal right to things like the school counseling center or extensions on academic assignments. They both had the right to move dorms, safety plan, or file a no-contact directive to keep the other party from speaking to or about them. They both had the right to know about the other’s academic schedule or get a refund on tuition for classes they failed and have those low grades removed from their transcript. When perpetrators asked for privileges originally created for survivors, they got them. Western University isn’t alone in taking this approach. According to a NASPA report,5 48 percent of schools provide “identical” support to survivors in the “complainant” role and perpetrators in the “respondent” role.6”
― Nicole Bedera, On the Wrong Side: How Universities Protect Perpetrators and Betray Survivors of Sexual Violence

“In situations like this”
― Gary Smith, Radical Compassion: Finding Christ in the Heart of the Poor