To everyone claiming this episode was unrealistic or misrepresented university policy - "UMKC"'s Title IX reporting procedure is actually EXACTLY what most universities are doing these days. For example, at my university, a faculty/staff member who hears about possible sexual assualt involving one or more students MUST report what they heard, no matter what. And the Title IX coordinator must investigate. Here's our policy - http://www.bu.edu/safety/files/2013/12/Sexual_misconduct_form-fill-in.pdf).
It is very important that students know the difference between talking to faculty/staff and talking to confidential resources on campus, like crisis counselors. At the beginning of every semester, I have begun to inform my students about the reporting requirements under Title IX and confidential resources on/near campus, so they can make an informed decision when they consider disclosing this kind of information. This is so important for them to know, so that survivors can proceed from an assault in a way that feels agentic and authentic to their experience. Unfortunately, it's not always their choice to instigate a campus investigation.
The messy legal, cultural, familial, relational, and gendered dimensions of this episode, and how they might play out on a college campus, are incredibly real, in my experience as a university faculty member (and as one involved in our campus's sexual assault reponse and prevention activism).
