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| Joe Biden gives charged speech on campus sexual assault: 'It is a crime, period' | Joe Biden gives charged speech on campus sexual assault: 'It is a crime, period' |
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| Vice-President Joe Biden spoke emphatically about the need to address sexual assault on college campuses on Tuesday as part of multi-campus tour to highlight the issue. | |
| “The legal system and the court of public opinion still allowed [sic] prosecutors to ask victims of rape: ‘What were you wearing?’” he told nearly 1,000 students at the University of Pittsburgh. “What difference does it make, what a woman was wearing?” | “The legal system and the court of public opinion still allowed [sic] prosecutors to ask victims of rape: ‘What were you wearing?’” he told nearly 1,000 students at the University of Pittsburgh. “What difference does it make, what a woman was wearing?” |
| The city was his first stop in a series of events to discuss sexual assault and promote the It’s On Us initiative, launched by the White House in 2014. The campaign promotes a pledge to keep women and men safe from sexual assault, and focuses in particular on campus sexual assault. Some estimates show that as many as one in five women are assaulted during their college years. Biden implored students to intervene and prevent sexual violence. | The city was his first stop in a series of events to discuss sexual assault and promote the It’s On Us initiative, launched by the White House in 2014. The campaign promotes a pledge to keep women and men safe from sexual assault, and focuses in particular on campus sexual assault. Some estimates show that as many as one in five women are assaulted during their college years. Biden implored students to intervene and prevent sexual violence. |
| “We have to change the culture that allows the abuse of women and men, and it must be clear that no means no,” Biden said. “And when consent cannot be given it is assault, it is a crime, period.” | “We have to change the culture that allows the abuse of women and men, and it must be clear that no means no,” Biden said. “And when consent cannot be given it is assault, it is a crime, period.” |
| Biden spoke previously about campus rape and the It’s On Us campaign at the Oscars in February, where he introduced Lady Gaga. Gaga performed on stage surrounded by dozens of survivors of sexual assault. | Biden spoke previously about campus rape and the It’s On Us campaign at the Oscars in February, where he introduced Lady Gaga. Gaga performed on stage surrounded by dozens of survivors of sexual assault. |
| Biden is scheduled to visit the University of Nevada in Las Vegas and the University of Colorado in Boulder later this week. | Biden is scheduled to visit the University of Nevada in Las Vegas and the University of Colorado in Boulder later this week. |