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Why aren’t we taking rape seriously?

By Ashe Schow
Published April 2, 2015 9:00am ET
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Why aren’t we taking rape seriously?
Students and others demonstrate on the Penn State campus in support of women police say were depicted on Kappa Delta Rho fraternity's private Facebook pages, Friday, March 20, 2015, in State College, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) | Matt Rourke

There was a time when rape and sexual assault were considered some of the most abhorrent crimes imaginable. No more.

Now, at least on college campuses, rape and sexual assault are considered mere disciplinary matters, no different than plagiarism or theft from a dorm. To non-college students, they are considered crimes.

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