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"\n\tAdvertisement - Continue Reading Below\n\t\n\n Another piece of the puzzle in what's slowly being exposed as a massive network of rape cover-ups at five major, prestigious universities has emerged, and it's a good (read: awful) example of the sort of negligence and callousness that authorities show female students who report a sexual assault on campus.\n\n Thirteen students have filed federal charges against USC for failing to respond appropriately to these assault reports,according to Salon.One woman reports that a detective on the campus police force told her that it wasn't worth bringing to the LAPD because it wasn't \"technically\" rape as long as her assailant hadn't ejaculated. She says she was told: \"Because he stopped, it was not rape... Even though his penis penetrated your vagina, because he stopped, it was not a crime.\" Are you f*cking kidding me? Another woman says that charges weren't pressed against her ex-boyfriend after he raped her, despite the fact that she actually presented authorities with an audio recording of the guy admitting it. As in, she literally did their job for them and they still didn't take it to the LAPD or even discipline the student. (Literally, these are the stories that flash through my brain whenever a guy \u2014 or girl \u2014 says there's \"no reason for feminism to exist anymore.\" I've taken to simply saying \"Google rape,\" walking away, and trying not to punch a wall.)  Over the weekend, the USC thirteen were informed that the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights were investigating their charges against the school. Let's hope some changes come out of this negative publicity. (Note to USC bureaucrats: I hope you're aware now that this kind of publicity is actually way worse than accurately acknowledging and dealing with reported rapes on campus. Just saying.) Follow Anna on Twitter.  Image via 3 Arts Entertainment"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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