Browsing by Subject "Title IX"

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An evaluation of the effects of mandatory reporting on students’ likelihood of disclosing sexual violence
(2021-11-29) Sears, Mackenzie Alexis; Meston, Cindy M.
In the United States, employees of federally funded universities are mandated to report knowledge of any nonconsensual sexual experiences (NSEs) to their universities under Title IX. Few studies have assessed students’ opinions or likelihood of disclosing sexual violence to someone at their university under these policies and they returned mixed results. The NSE literature indicates that people with NSE histories are less likely to disclose sexual violence with mandatory reporting (MR) policies in place. Additionally, there are discrepancies in likelihood to disclose even without the presence of MR policy; people who do not identify their NSEs with sexual violence labels (e.g. rape) are less likely to disclose their experience than people who do use those labels. The current study aims to (1) evaluate students’ likelihood of reporting to someone at the university by introducing a manipulation of the presence of MR policies while (2) evaluating how NSE identification rather than NSE history impacts that likelihood. 184 undergraduate students at UT were randomized into two groups, one given language indicating the presence of MR policies and the other given language about confidential reporting. Each student was shown four gender-neutral vignettes, two describing penetrative assault and two non-penetrative assault with alternating professor and student perpetrators. After each vignette, the students were asked how likely they would be to tell a professor at the university about the event if they were the student in the vignette. Students also completed the Non-Consensual Sexual Experiences Inventory to assess NSE identification (NSEI; Kilimnik et al., 2018). Results from a mixed factor repeated-measures ANOVA indicated that there were significant differences in likelihood to disclose between the vignettes (p <0.01), but not between conditions or NSE identification groups (p= 0.44; p=0.71). Though there is concern in the field about the impact of MR policies based on previous NSE literature, these results indicate that MR policies do not decrease disclosure likelihood. Future research should further evaluate this relationship to determine replicability of these results
How Betsy DeVos Should Strengthen Title IX
(2017-07-20) Busch-Armendariz, Noël
The LIBERATOR Archive, September 2018
(University of Texas at Austin, 2018-09) University of Texas at Austin
Observing Potential Disparities Among the Opportunities Available to Male amd Female Athletes as a Result of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Changes to the Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) Rules
(2022-09) Adamson, Jake
This thesis provides a holistic overview of the current NIL situation by placing an emphasis on the perspectives and experiences of male and female student athletes at the University of Texas at Austin (UT). Section I of the thesis first attempts to identify and explain the key rules, policies, and entities governing NIL – like the NCAA's interim NIL policy and many state-passed NIL legislative bills. Because the focus of the thesis revolves around the opportunities afforded to male and female student athletes, a discussion of the NIL policy’s connection to potential Title IX violations is also necessary. Several key arguments for and against further NIL policy changes (to accommodate for disparities observed across gender) are highlighted, referenced, and summarized in this section. In Section II of the thesis, I provide an overview of four key factors that drive a student athlete's ability to attain NIL. This discussion is supplemented with case-specific data and observations from the University of Texas at Austin. The discussion also touches on the compounding influence of many different factors that drive an athlete's NIL value. Section III of the thesis provides an overview of the methodology of the study, followed by a presentation of the quantitative and qualitative data collected from interviews with male and female student athletes at UT. Key insight provided in this section, along with several secondary insights collected in Section I and II of the thesis, set the stage for a final set of recommendations provided in Section IV. Ultimately, my findings indicate that disparities regarding the true ability of female and male student athletes to attain NIL opportunities certainly exist. Inconsistent policy enforcement, coupled with several school-size and sport-specific advantages, has created an NIL environment that primarily benefits revenue-generating sports and athletes participating in those sports. However, while many student athletes believe that shortcomings certainly exist with the current NIL policy, most student athletes provide a positive outlook on the new world of opportunities available to them as a result of the NCAA’s rule changes. After collecting key insight from student athletes at UT, three things are clear: (1) consistent policy enforcement, clarity, and structure from the NCAA and the Office of Civil Rights is needed, (2) international student athletes should be given the opportunity benefit from NIL, and (3) additional NIL capital and educational resources should be distributed to schools with less funding, less national exposure, and smaller alumni bases; such schools face an “up-hill battle” regarding their ability to provide an environment for their student athletes to maximize their NIL potential.
School Desegregation in Texas: The Implementation of United States v. State of Texas, PRP 51
(LBJ School of Public Affairs, 1982) Schott, Richard L.; Marcus, Isabel
Staging the campus anti-rape movement : representations of sexual assault and rape culture in U.S. theatre and performance
(2021-07-29) Baglereau, Laura Elizabeth; Canning, Charlotte, 1964-; Bonin-Rodriguez, Paul; González-López, Gloria; Heinzelman, Susan; Rossen, Rebecca
This dissertation looks at representations of rape, its aftermath, and rape culture in performance(s) within the campus anti-rape movement in the United States. I analyze three types of performance: protests, performance art, and interactive prevention plays. I argue for the importance of studying such representations, in part, because sexual assault—and the perception of sexual assault—is, and has been, a continuing problem in U.S. culture. Throughout the dissertation my analysis not only considers how and in what ways these representations understand concepts of rape culture but also the current paradigm of rape in which they were created and performed. I draw conclusions about the ways these representations affect the national imaginary about sexual assault, rape culture, victim-survivors, and rapists. As such, this work contributes to the field of rape studies, sociology, and performance studies. By situating this dissertation among and between these fields I demonstrate how a consideration of representations of sexual assault can contribute to our understanding of rape, the sociology of sexual violence, and social movements. The introduction provides a brief overview of the anti-rape movement. I argue for a turn away from the wave metaphor to categorize different periods of the feminist movement in order to better track the dis/continuities within the anti-rape movement since the late 1960s. Chapter one examines campus anti-rape protests as performances. I use a performance studies lens to read the ways these protests represent the movement’s demands for change from university administration, federal policy, and rape culture. The next chapter focuses on performance art by individual artists and artist-survivors as acts to raise awareness as well as process their experiences with sexual assault. The third chapter analyzes interactive prevention plays for the ways they provide undergraduate students with opportunities to develop empathy for victim-survivors, rehearse bystander intervention, and practice verbally negotiating consent. I argue these prevention plays point to a shift in the anti-rape movement from a fear-based rhetoric to a pro-consent discourse.