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26th October 2010

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Tell Yale to Discipline Fraternity for Pro-Rape Chant (follow link to sign the petition).

“No means yes. Yes means anal!” What is this alarming pro-rape statement?

Why, it the little ditty that Yale Delta Kappa Epsilon (DKE) fraternity pledges chanted on Wednesday as they marched around Old Campus, where most first-years are housed. That means lots of 18-year-old women embarking on their first term of university life.

Other chants included “Fucking sluts” and “My name is Jack, I’m a necrophiliac, I fuck dead women, and fill them with my semen.” This isn’t the first time Yale has had this kind of misogynistic incident; in fact, it’s not even the first time the “no means yes” chant has been used.

The fraternity is engaging in a discussion about sexual violence with the Women’s Center, but this isn’t enough. With one in four college women victims or rape or attempted assault during their time on campus, this is too serious an issue to let slide by without disciplinary action.

Via: Jennifer McAdoo

Tagged: feminismrapesexual assaultmisogynyyalefraternitydisgustingviolenceViolence against women