STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- John Foubert: Georgia Tech frat member sent e-mail to brothers on "luring your rapebait"
- Foubert says studies show fraternity men three times more likely to rape
- He says frat culture gives peer support for bad behavior but education would help stem it
- Foubert: Colleges must push for rape prevention programming
An e-mail from a Georgia Tech fraternity member to his Phi Kappa Tau brothers came to light this week. It was about how to "succeed at parties," or more specifically "luring your rapebait." It came with repulsively detailed instructions about how to scope out a target, weaken her defenses with alcohol, grab her and -- you get the idea.
You can expect well-meaning commentators and bloggers to wonder how such a horrible man could have done such a thing, much less have gotten into a good college. Others will wonder why one fraternity's culture would be so toxic. University officials will go into damage-control mode, noting how they hold students accountable for violations of policy and that they have an otherwise low rate of rape on their campus. They may say, well, this was just an e-mail.
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