Three women sued Yale University and nine fraternities on Tuesday, saying the off-campus clubs harbored a culture of sexual discrimination and assault, and asked the court to order the all-male social organizations to admit women.
(Reuters) – Three women sued Yale University and nine fraternities on Tuesday, saying the off-campus clubs harbored a culture of sexual discrimination and assault, and asked the court to order the all-male social organizations to admit women.
All three undergraduate students of the Ivy League college said they were groped at parties held at fraternity houses during their first semesters at the school, according to the complaint filed in federal court in New Haven, Connecticut.
Ry Walker, a 20-year-old college junior from New York, said someone had pulled up her skirt and grabbed her crotch at a dark and crowded party in 2016, but she did not report the incident because she did not see who had groped her. She said she later realized many Yale women had similar experiences.
