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Article: Efforts by universities to curb date rape falling short Colleges look for new ways to fight problem
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- May 18, 1997
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Ask students on any college campus about sex, and the talk turns
serious -- eventually. Young women speak about friends who've been
violated. Guys worry they'll be accused of rape after sex they
thought was consensual.
Reciting advice from campus workshops, girls say they party in
groups and try to be clear with partners about how far they're
willing to go. Guys say they watch for explicit signs and stop if
they hear "No."
That's when they're sober. But attend any party, and the picture
blurs.
A dozen years after America began to recognize date rape as a
serious problem and five years after Congress mandated that colleges
develop policies to deal with sexual assault, the ...