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Message: [QUOTE="bags27, post: 2064975, member: 6761"] Absolutely right: 1. Mulkey badly misspoke. As you say, what she said was alarming. So, we are alarmed. 2. We don't need to judge Baylor more harshly than anyone else in terms of statistics. Assaults happen everywhere and statistics of occurrence and reporting are far too uncertain to make comparisons of any sort trustworthy. However, 1. Mulkey needs to apologize unconditionally and perhaps needs to go further: community service? donation to the Baylor rape center? [URL="http://www.baylor.edu/counseling_center/index.php?id=937020"]Baylor University || Counseling Center || Sexual Assault and Interpersonal Violence[/URL] Rather than minimizing what she said/meant/intended, she absolutely needs to take leadership. 2. Whatever the figures on comparative college assaults, Baylor is demonstrably egregious in dealing and reporting claims. What does that mean? It means that it doesn't take the accusations seriously. It tells the victim that she is not a victim, thereby furthering victimizing her. As strong a position as Mulkey is in as a coach, as a representative of a university, she is quite vulnerable. She cannot be perceived as insensitive to the issue, because it would be easy to make her into a scapegoat by an administration under pressure. [/QUOTE]