Eckerd College President’s Open Letter Targets Alcohol and Casual Sex as Rape Causes
I predict that Eckerd College’s President will be targeted by campus feminist activists in short order.
…Eckerd College President Donald Eastman sent an “open letter” to all students and faculty urging students to cut back on alcohol and casual sex in order to prevent sexual assault. He says that by doing so, students will address the “nexus of problems” surrounding sexual assault.
“You know that these incidents are almost always preceded by consumption, often heavy consumption, of alcohol, often by everyone involved in them,” the Florida college president wrote. The full letter was published by the Current, Eckerd’s student paper.
Eastman condemned casual sex, writing that “No one’s culture or character or understanding is improved by casual sex.” He added that “those who are virtuous are happier as well as healthier,” and referred to how “Western Culture” values virtue.
“I was trying to say that we would have a healthier and less dangerous campus if people drank less and took their sexual relations more seriously,” Eastman clarified in an interview with the Tampa Bay Times.
Joshua R. Keeler, an alumnus of the school, began a Change.org petition asking Eastman to readdress the issue of sexual assault.
“I believe that laying the blame solely at the feet of the two issues you mentioned is an injustice to those affected by sexual assault, and will not solve the problem,” Keeler wrote.
Eckerd College President: You Can Stop Rape By Not Drinking Or Having Casual Sex (The Huffington Post)
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President Eastman did a very brave thing with this letter. He spoke the truth. He tried to help his students deal with a problem on campus. He has one other problem — the quality of his graduates is in real question. This guy Keeler is a real idiot. I would be ashamed if he were a graduate of any institution I was associated with.