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    "parsed_content": "Cornell Rape InvestigationWhat We\u00a0KnowTimelineSpecial ProsecutorTakeaways From Inquiry\u2018Jane Doe\u2019Men Accused in LawsuitAdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTSupported bySKIP ADVERTISEMENTParents Are Talking About Consent After Cornell Rape AllegationsAt the dinner table and during school commutes, families are navigating difficult conversations with their sons about sexual assault and moral responsibility.Listen \u00b7 4:20 min Share full articleCredit...Heather Ainsworth for The New York TimesBy Christina Caron and Catherine PearsonOct. 1, 2026See more of our coverage in your search results.Encuentra m\u00e1s de nuestra cobertura en los resultados de b\u00fasqueda. Add The New York Times on GoogleAgrega The New York Times en Google Victoria Wickman, 49, was making breakfast when her oldest son, 16, approached her.He described seeing posts on Instagram calling out how nobody intervened during an alleged sexual assault at a Cornell University fraternity in which seven men have been accused of raping another student.\u201cMom, I would never not say anything,\u201d she recalled him telling her. \u201cYou never have to worry about me.\u201d\u201cBut I do worry about you,\u201d she responded.What followed was a candid discussion about consent, the potential dangers of casual sex and the extent to which drugs or alcohol could alter his sense of right and wrong.It\u2019s a conversation that has played out in homes across the country as the Cornell case dominates headlines, raising questions as to why, after decades of campaigning against campus sexual assault and the rise of the #MeToo movement, so little seems to have changed, and what more parents need to be doing to educate their sons.AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTLawyers for at least three of the seven men accused in the lawsuit have denied criminal wrongdoing, while others have not made any public statements yet.In online parenting groups, mothers and fathers have grappled with the grim details of the case while sharing advice on how to broach these conversations at home.Ms. Wickman, a medical malpractice personal injury attorney in Staten Island who has worked on sexual assault cases on college campuses, urged her son to help someone being hurt, even if it meant being the \u201codd man out.\u201d\u201cIt\u2019s your moral obligation as a human being to take care of that person,\u201d she said.Rachelle Wilson, 42, who lives in Austin, Texas, said her 12-year-old son learned about the case when she picked up a call from a friend, a Cornell alum, on the car\u2019s speakerphone during the drive home from school.The gist of the conversation, Ms. Wilson said, was: \u201cI just can\u2019t believe that this is still where we\u2019re at.\u201dAdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTHer son piped up from the back seat: \u201cI can believe it,\u201d adding that accusations of sexual assault are everywhere, including among people in power. As far as he could tell, this was just the way the world worked, no matter how unjust, Ms. Wilson said.When they got home Ms. Wilson shared some of the details of the case with her son, who wasn\u2019t familiar with the whole story.\u201cNobody stopped them?\u201d he asked.It wasn\u2019t the first time they had spoken about consent or accountability. It\u2019s hard to keep having the same conversation, she added \u2014 \u201cI hate it.\u201d But she sees it as an ongoing discussion.The news has spurred conversations earlier than some parents may have liked. Claire Gibson, 39, was not planning to talk to her sons, who are 6 and 8, about the case earlier this week. But Ms. Gibson, who herself had been sexually abused, said it spilled out of her during a dinnertime discussion about the day\u2019s highs and lows.Ms. Gibson, who lives in Nashville, has spoken to both of her sons about sex and consent many times before. But \u201cthis is definitely the first time I have talked about violence and sex with my children,\u201d she said.AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTAlan Gilliam, 35, is a content creator in Salt Lake City who posts about family life with his wife and their three sons, ages 11, 9 and 3. He shared a video on social media this week quizzing his two older sons about consent and urging other fathers to do the same.Mr. Gilliam and his wife had spoken to their sons about the Cornell case the day before they made the video and again that morning. While the clip they posted was mainly about consent, for Mr. Gilliam, it has been equally important to talk to his young sons about the importance of speaking up.One of the fraternity members allegedly shared a Snapchat message inviting others to join what was happening, according to the lawsuit.\u201cOut of 50-something men, not one person said, \u2018Hey, man, what the hell are you guys doing?\u2019\u201d Mr. Gilliam said.From the commentsCatherine PearsonFamily and relationships reporterI\u2019m one of the reporters on this story and a parent of two boys. This case has certainly sparked some difficult but important conversations in our home. How are you navigating this with your own family?AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENT",
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