Joe Biden gives charged speech on campus sexual assault: 'It is a crime, period'; Guardian, 4/5/16

Ciara McCarthy, Guardian; Joe Biden gives charged speech on campus sexual assault: 'It is a crime, period' :

"US vice-president Joe Biden spoke emphatically about the need to address sexual assault on college campuses on Tuesday as part of multi-campus tour to highlight the issue.

“The legal system and the court of public opinion still allowed [sic] prosecutors to ask victims of rape: ‘What were you wearing?’” he told nearly 1,000 students at the University of Pittsburgh. “What difference does it make, what a woman was wearing?”

The city was his first stop in a series of events to discuss sexual assault and promote the It’s On Us initiative, launched by the White House in 2014. The campaign promotes a pledge to keep women and men safe from sexual assault, and focuses in particular on campus sexual assault. Some estimates show that as many as one in five women are assaulted during their college years. Biden implored students to intervene and prevent sexual violence."