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...were accidentally switched due to a production error. The letter “No Grounds to Question Duke Lacrosse Players’ Character” attributed to Leah M. Littman and Tracy E. Nowski was actually written by Joshua A. Barro and the letter “Portrayal of Rape Ignores Statistics and Misses Nuance” attributed to Joshua A. Barro was actually written by Leah M. Litman and Tracy E. Nowski. The letters with their correct authors are reprinted below. The Crimson apologizes to the letter writers and its readers for this serious mistake...
...column about Duke rape case (“Rushing to Rape,” Apr. 18) Lucy M. Caldwell ’09 describes the injustice that the now-exonerated indictees have faced. Unfortunately, she also chooses to offer unwarranted inferences about their moral character. She says they are “probably not the most respectable college students on the planet” and are “not likely” her kind of dating material...
...believe that prevention strategies should help women to reduce risks and teach men to seek explicit consent. However, Caldwell’s argument—which imputes partial blame and suspicion to the victims—reinforces the perspective that women invite rape by tempting others to attack them. This strategy of victim-blaming and intimidation is simply abhorrent, and only furthers attitudes permissive to sexual violence...
...Back the Night (TBTN) does not exist to spout statistics or place blame, as Caldwell claims, but to support all victims of sexual violence. We do not argue that the issues of sexual assault are clean cut, but we know that blaming victims only adds to the stigma of rape. Most rapists are never punished because the victims feel shame and guilt in reporting them. Awareness of the social and personal impacts of sexual violence and unwavering support for the victims are necessary for effective prevention...
While we regret the prosecutorial misconduct in the Duke Lacrosse case, we regret even more that over 50 women experience sexual assault at Harvard each year. We choose instead to lend our sympathy and support to the hundreds of thousands of rape and sexual assault victims nationwide. We hope that in this week students from across the political and social spectrum can join us in speaking out against sexual violence and standing together in support of rape victims...