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U. of Michigan Policy Says ‘No’ Means ‘Sexual Violence’
Everyone has the right to say “no” to sex. But the University of Michigan’s (UM’s) webpage on abuse suggests that there are times when saying “no” is unacceptable. “Withholding sex,” according to UM, is one of many “[e]xamples of sexual violence.”
I took a close look at the policies and explained why a UM spokesperson’s defense of them is wholly insufficient in a post for The Huffington Post today—check it out.
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