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“I’M His Coach, Not His Father:” A Title Ix Analysis Of Sexual Harassment In College Sports, Caitlin M. Cullitan

Caitlin M. Cullitan

ABSTRACT “I’m His Coach, Not His Father.” A Title IX Analysis of Sexual Harassment in College Sports Caitlin M. Cullitan

Studies have estimated that, while male athletes constitute only a small percentage of the college community, they are responsible for nearly one-third of the sexual abuse crimes. Recent case law demonstrates that college coaches sometimes actively recruit potential student athletes who have been charged with sexual misconduct. Once these student-athletes are admitted, these coaches may fail to inform the student-athletes of the institution’s sexual harassment policies and fail to respond appropriately when new claims of sexual misconduct are made against …

Internet Defamation As Profit Center: The Monetization Of Online Harassment, Ann Bartow

Ann Bartow

Efforts to decrease the sexist aspects of online fora have been largely ineffective, and in some instances seemingly counterproductive, in the sense that they have provoked even greater amounts of abuse and harassment with a gendered aspect. And so, in the wake of a series of high profile episodes of cyber sexual harassment, and a grotesque abundance of low profile ones, a new business model was launched. Promising to clean up and monitor online information to defuse the visible impact of coordinated harassment campaigns, a number of entities began to market themselves as knights in cyber shining armor, ready to …