{"id":90520,"date":"2021-05-28T00:15:33","date_gmt":"2021-05-28T04:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/?p=90520"},"modified":"2021-05-27T18:58:42","modified_gmt":"2021-05-27T22:58:42","slug":"fraternities-targeted-by-instagram-account-publishing-anonymous-rape-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/fraternities-targeted-by-instagram-account-publishing-anonymous-rape-allegations\/","title":{"rendered":"Fraternities targeted by Instagram account publishing anonymous rape allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"

An anonymous Instagram account called \u201cshare your story uvm,\u201d or @shareyourstoryuvm<\/a>, has been publishing allegations of sexual assault from students at the University of Vermont.<\/p>\n

Share your story, which currently has over 3,600 followers, accepts submissions via direct message and posts them. Some posts contain the name of the alleged assailant, while others contain only an account of the purported rape, sexual assault or sexual harassment.<\/p>\n

The account does not release the identity of anyone making an allegation nor seek to verify any claims. There are currently nearly 100 stories on the account\u2019s homepage.<\/p>\n

The account\u2019s creators argue<\/a> that sexual assault on campus is a \u201cfraternity problem\u201d and a \u201csports problem\u201d and has compiled accusations against several fraternities as well as the men\u2019s basketball team at the University of Vermont.<\/p>\n

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Frat under fire<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

But one group of students that has come under particular scrutiny is the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity for the use of a survey that aimed to gauge members\u2019 attitudes toward rape and sexual assault and affirmative consent, among similar topics.<\/p>\n

The terminology and types of questions used in the survey perpetuated \u201crape culture on campus,\u201d the Share your story account\u2019s administrators stated<\/a> in a post, naming the questionnaire the \u201cBrotherhood Survey.\u201d<\/p>\n

The account claims it\u2019s fielded three<\/a> assault allegations against Pi Kappa Phi members as perpetrators. Two of them have been publicized and attributed to a member of the fraternity, one of whom<\/a> is given a first name, identified as \u201cRoss from Pi Kappa Phi.\u201d The way the accusation is written it suggests the allegations involved sexual harassment and took place in the past.<\/p>\n

The hyperfocus on the frat began after a user claiming to be a member of the fraternity submitted a section of the survey, which was provided to the fraternity by the consulting firm Dyad Strategies.<\/p>\n

\u201c[T]here is no way I can articulate just how twisted and fucked up the language gets during the survey,\u201d wrote the alleged fraternity member.<\/p>\n

Fraternity members taking the survey are presented with statements accompanied by a scale with five answer options. Those surveyed may indicate that they strongly disagree, disagree, are neutral on, agree, or strongly agree with the preceding statement, according<\/a> to a clarification released by the fraternity.<\/p>\n

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