Pre-Recording The Nature of Abuse

The Supreme Court has defined campus sexual harassment as conduct that is “severe, pervasive, and objectively offensive.”

But over the years, the federal Office for Civil Rights has issued a series of Dear Colleague Letters. These directives have served to nullify the Supreme Court ruling, saying sexual harassment is conduct that is “severe, pervasive, or subjectively offensive.” country.

”A battered woman whose application depends on her abusive husband certainly might think twice about filing if she knew her abuser would be notified that she was seeking help without him,” the LA Times wrote.

Some of the strangest politics behind today’s fight were found in the rosters of the groups that lobbied against reauthorizing the bill. Several conservative political organizations, including the Family Research Council, Concerned Women for America, and the Eagle Forum, sent a joint letter to lawmakers, which was co-signed by Timothy Johnson, a North Carolina Republican and convicted domestic violence felon.