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The ‘Cornell 7’ exposed the lie of sex-positive feminism

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Schlott, R. (2026, October 15). The ‘Cornell 7’ exposed the lie of sex-positive feminism. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/10/15/opinion/the-cornell-7-exposed-the-lie-of-sex-positive-feminism/

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New York Post · collected 2026-10-16 · by Rikki Schlott

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A former student identified as Jane Doe filed a legal complaint against seven male students, alleging that she was too intoxicated to consent during an incident at a fraternity house in October 2024. According to her messages, Jane Doe initially embraced sex-positive attitudes and believed that participating in group sexual activities was progressive. However, the article suggests that she later regretted her actions and sought legal recourse due to feelings of exploitation and vulnerability. The piece argues that this case highlights the potential dangers of a purely consent-based approach to sexuality without broader ethical considerations.
Written by AI on 2026-10-16, from this article's own text only (the story summary below draws on all the coverage).

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A Cornell University student, identified only as Jane Doe, filed a civil lawsuit alleging she was drugged and gang-raped by seven fraternity members at the Chi Phi house on October 19, 2024. Despite initial investigations that concluded without criminal charges being brought forward, Tompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten has reopened the case and intends to present it to a grand jury with Doe's cooperation, seeking new evidence not previously available.

Doe’s lawyer, Thomas Giuffra, reported that she is in constant fear due to intense public pressure and harassment. She suffers from insomnia and relies on medication to sleep. The case, which has garnered national attention, includes allegations against Cornell University, the fraternity, and other parties involved, leading the university president to suspend all fraternity parties until the end of the academic year for a thorough review.

The reopening of the investigation follows increased scrutiny over Title IX policies at educational institutions, focusing on handling sexual misconduct cases. Despite public campaigns aimed at unmasking Doe and defending the accused men—who deny any wrongdoing—the case remains highly sensitive with significant implications for university policy and legal procedures regarding sexual assault allegations.

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Rikki Schlott
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🔮 “[Women are] starting to kind of step into our own power and are realizing, actually maybe we don’t have to have a man to do all these things that we want to do,” she said.
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Jane Doe PERSON · 3× Jane Doe’s PERSON · 2× Cornell ORG · 1×

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Of course I can’t get into her head, but it seems to me that, as the weeks went on, Jane Doe’s utopian sex positivity curdled into regret as she realized the uncomfortable truth: that what she’d understood as sexual empowerment had left her vulnerable to exploitation.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-10-16
🔮 By the end of the night she’d had intercourse with seven men total in what she would later describe as a “gang bang” in text messages.
2026-10-16 · New York Post
The ‘Cornell 7’ exposed the lie of sex-positive feminism · assertive framing

Claims (21 extracted, 2 hedged)

That’s where a former student, known as Jane Doe, accused seven male students of taking advantage of her sexually one night in October 2024. asserted
student → ’ → October
According to her legal complaint, Jane Doe showed up at a fraternity house drunk and consented to a threesome with two men. uncertain
Doe → accord → men
By the end of the night she’d had intercourse with seven men total in what she would later describe as a “gang bang” in text messages. asserted
she → have → messages
Though she now claims she was too intoxicated to consent, the messages she sent to the men she later accused reveal that she believed the sex-positive lies fed to her generation by activists and the media alike. uncertain
she → claim → activists
In discussing rumors about the night with one of its male participants, Jane Doe wrote, “Everyone needs to grow up cause sexuality and sex and s—t is changing and stuff like this is going to become more common,” she wrote. asserted
she → discuss → this
“I’m also really open minded [though].” asserted
I → ’m → ?
And when rumors continued to reverberate through campus, she reassured one of the young men with a sexualized spoof of a pro-choice motto: “Our body our choice.” asserted
body → continue → motto
The gang bang, she believed, was a symptom of society’s progress. asserted
she → believe → progress
And those who didn’t think the same on campus was obviously stuck in the past. asserted
who → think → past
Of course, anyone with an ounce of wisdom knows that’s a load of garbage, but that isn’t evident to Gen Z women who were conditioned to believe that sex is inconsequential, so long as it’s consensual. asserted
it → know → women
They now are learning the hard way, through painful personal experience, that they’ve been raised on lies. asserted
they → learn → lies
Of course I can’t get into her head, but it seems to me that, as the weeks went on, Jane Doe’s utopian sex positivity curdled into regret as she realized the uncomfortable truth: that what she’d understood as sexual empowerment had left her vulnerable to exploitation. asserted
understood → get → exploitation
Participation in group sex with countless men hadn’t liberated her. asserted
Participation → liberate → her
It appears that, as the weeks went on and the rumors swirled, she found herself feeling bad, used, dirty. asserted
herself → appear → ?
That’s why, I think, she reached for a solution: the cudgel of consent. asserted
she → ’ → consent
It’s less morally complicated to blame the men for sex that left her feeling awful than to interrogate whether the sex positive worldview of our moment is fundamentally flawed. asserted
worldview → ’ → moment
I wrote about the failure of sex positivity in my forthcoming book, “Nothing Serious: How Modern Love Lost Meaning,” before the Cornell case even happened, but the incident explains the predicament my generation finds itself in perfectly: asserted
generation → write → itself
“Without some grander cultural, social, ethical, or religious framework to object to sex, the only justification that girls [are] left with is a legalistic one … asserted
girls → object → that
If consent is the only rule, then violating it is the only crime.” asserted
violating → violate → it
Young girls have been failed by the people who promised to empower them. asserted
who → fail → them
It’s time girls wrest back control of their sexual lives from misguided activists and accept the uncomfortable truth that’s staring us in the face: liberation won’t be found on the other side of a sexual encounter. asserted
liberation → ’ → encounter
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