According to Federal Definition, Anti-gun Dildo Protest at UT-Austin is ‘Sexual Harassment’
The rules don’t apply to progressive students because they’re doing “good.”
The College Fix reports.
Anti-gun dildo protest at UT-Austin is ‘sexual harassment’ according to federal definition
The federal government should be descending on the University of Texas-Austin any day now to investigate the school’s response to hordes of students who practiced blatant “sexual harassment.”
That’s because students who oppose the state’s new campus-carry law were publicly brandishing dildos to protest the law last week – and that’s certainly “unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature” to at least some students.
The feds imposed the broad standard for sexual harassment three years ago in a “blueprint” agreement with the University of Montana, and reaffirmed it this spring in an agreement with the University of New Mexico, according to Robert Shibley, executive director of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education.
He writes in the Austin American-Statesman:
Waving a detailed replica of a penis around while yelling “Cocks Not Glocks” certainly counts as verbal conduct of a sexual nature, and surely at least one of UT’s more than 50,000 students must have found this speech unwelcome. …
The university defines sexual harassment generally as “(u)nwelcome conduct of a sexual nature,” though it does limit this to conduct aimed at “a specific individual” that creates a “hostile or offensive atmosphere.” That means that any student with whom the protesters argued on Wednesday could claim to be a victim of harassment under the policy, which specifically lists “exposure to sexually suggestive visual displays” as a potential trouble spot.
Anti-gun dildo protest at UT-Austin is ‘sexual harassment’ according to federal definition (The College Fix)