Tell Yale to Discipline Fraternity for Pro-Rape Chant

Tell Yale to Discipline Fraternity for Pro-Rape Chant

Started
October 15, 2010
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Dean, Yale College Mary Miller and 1 other
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Started by Emily Stevens

"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.

Broad Recognition, a feminist magazine at Yale, is calling for "real administrative action" to be taken against the fraternity and its leadership, who required impressionable pledges to voice pro-rape chants. They request, "Please join us in ask­ing that, this time around, Yale take action on behalf of its female stu­dents. Yale’s women have endured enough in this vein -- it must cease now."

You can add your support by signing this petition to tell Yale Dean Mary Miller and President Richard Levin to take action against DKE fraternity and improve sexual assault prevention on campus.

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Decision Makers

  • Mary MillerDean, Yale College
  • Richard LevinPresident, Yale University