the suit is part of a recent trend of
what you should know about reporting sex assault on campus the suit alleges that the school a male student twice investigated for sexual assault by the university of chicago has sued the school , saying its handling of the complaints against him demonstrated a “ gender - based , hostile environment against males .
 
the case against the university states that , in its treatment of the plaintiff in the case , “ uc was motivated by pro - female , anti - male bias that was , at least in part , adopted to refute criticism within the student body and public press that uc was turning a blind eye to female complaints of sexual assault .
he was subjected to a " fundamentally unfair , arbitrary and capricious disciplinary procedure that violates both title ix and uc 's policies andor procedures related to allegations of sexual misconduct , " according to the lawsuit obtained by the chicago maroon , a student newspaper at the school .
” the student , identified in the lawsuit as “ john doe ” from somers , n.y. , claims the university failed to treat him fairly after a university disciplinary panel cleared him of a sexual assault charge in 2014 .
the male student , from somers , n.y. , charges that two women , named as jane doe and jane roe , falsely accused him of sexual assault .
university of chicago facebook amid a high - profile controversy at the university of chicago over the value of trigger warnings and " intellectual safe spaces , " a male student is suing the hyde park school on the grounds that it is not a safe space for young men .
the lawsuit , claims the university violated title ix .