Training Grounds: The Rapist Pipeline

The Cornell Seven, Frat Chats, and the Rape Pipeline: How Institutions Protect Men Who Harm Women

Dr. Leslie Poston returns from a two-week break to work through the Cornell Seven case and what it tells us about how institutions handle men who harm women. The episode opens with the facts of the 101-page lawsuit filed September 14, including the Snapchat chat that advertised the assault to the rest of the fraternity, and traces what Cornell did and didn’t do in the two years before the story broke nationally. From there, Leslie turns to LSU, Temple, the University of Chicago, and the research on why these cases keep producing the same outcomes. She covers rape myths, DARVO, himpathy, and the recent retaliation against Jane Doe. The episode closes on the question the research actually leaves us with, which isn’t the one most of the coverage is asking.

00:00 Why The Break

01:27 Cornell Seven Overview

03:09 What Allegedly Happened

05:39 Institutional Response Fallout

08:49 Why Campuses Bury Cases

10:20 LSU And A Contrast Case

13:33 How The Pipeline Starts

18:08 Frat Culture In Group Dynamics

21:03 Receipts And Proof Culture

25:19 Rape Myths, Himpathy, DARVO