High‑profile campus sexual‑assault controversies (for example, cases at elite universities) are being used by critics of the sexual revolution to argue that decoupling sex from procreation caused male entitlement and weakened women's agency; proponents counter that consent and pleasurable autonomy, not return to procreation‑centered norms, should guide policy. This debate shapes campus adjudication, public feminism, and dating culture narratives beyond universities.
— If campus incidents become the primary evidence for reversing sexual‑liberation norms, policy and public opinion could shift toward restricting contraception, sex education, or campus procedures, with broad consequences for gender equality and civil liberties.
Maibritt Henkel
2026.10.20
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The article explicitly cites the 'unfolding rape case at Cornell' and links it to public arguments (Louise Perry, Mary Harrington) claiming the sexual revolution harmed women.
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