#IAmJaneDoe: Thousands of women rally online to protect alleged US university rape victim’s identity
WASHINGTON, Oct 4 — Thousands of American women have taken to social media to support the alleged victim of a gang...
Thousands of American women have taken to social media to support an alleged sexual assault victim at an elite US university, after a political commentator threatened to reveal her identity. The alleged victim, a former Cornell University student, alleges she was drugged, assaulted and raped by seven members of the Chi Phi fraternity in 2024.
A hashtag, #IAmJaneDoe, has proliferated online, with women posting content claiming to be the victim in a bid to protect her identity. In a symbolic gesture, the women aimed to make it harder to identify the victim and defend her right to anonymity. Cornell officials shut down the fraternity involved after the allegations surfaced, and several students were temporarily suspended, some of whom were later expelled.
The case has sparked a broader debate over sexual violence on US college campuses, prompting renewed scrutiny of institutional responses to sexual assault.
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