Diverse Education illuminates key findings from a recent study that examines why sexual assault survivors remain silent. In the study, “‘I’ve Never Told Anyone’: A Qualitative Analysis of Interviews with College Women Who Experienced Sexual Assault and Remained Silent,” published in the Journal Violence Against Women, Dr. Sandra Caron and Deborah Mitchell identified the main reasons to be self-blame, shame or guilt, wanting to believe it did not happen, fear of control loss over the situation, fear of not being believed, and more.
On Wednesday, a group of 21 Republican state attorneys wrote in an address to President Biden that the U.S. Department of Education had “misconstrued federal law” by announcing that Title IX protected gay and transgender individuals from sex-based discrimination. Last month, the U.S. Department of Education announced that federal sex discrimination law applies to sexual orientation and gender identity. The attorney generals wrote in a letter to the Biden Administration that the White House’s interpretation of Title IX “represents a 180-degree change from the [Trump administration’s] position.”