The US Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights confirmed today (April 1, 2011) that it is investigating complaints by Yale University students that the Ivy League university has a sexually hostile environment and has failed to respond to sexual harassment concerns, according to the Huffington Post website.
The students cite incidents in which fraternities held up a sign "We love Yale sluts" outside a women's center and chanted "no means yes" on campus last fall. They also say incoming female freshmen were ranked on their attractiveness.
The complaints also include allegations that Yale failed to respond to reports of rape or attempted rape and stalking, said Alexandra Brodsky, a Yale junior who is one of the complainants.
Brodsky said students who signed the complaints were "really frustrated and disappointed that Yale again and again fails to respond to both public and private acts of sexual harassment and assaults which creates an environment in which women feel devalued."
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