Robby Soave says nothing wrong here. But I would add that it's not just FEMALE alcohol consumption that is at the centre of campus sexual assault, it's also MALE alcohol consumption. If men are too drunk to obtain or recognise consent, you're going to get just the sort of he said-she said incidents that are the problem here. Anything that reduce high-risk alcohol use by college students will help prevent these sort of situations. But if you talk only about FEMALE alcohol use, you're missing half the picture and opening yourself up to the Salon type criticism.
"I’m a huge fan of consensual sex. I want more of the sex that college students have to be clearly consensual. Educating men on what consent means and why it matters is really important. Reminding women to guard their drinks and to be mindful of how drunk they are getting is really important. And it is just as important to remind young men that excessive alcohol use means that even if they understand the need to obtain consent, they will be less able to ask for it clearly or determine if it has clearly been given.
If we want to avoid the charge of victim blaming by bringing up the alcohol-sexual assault nexus, one way to do that is to insist that avoiding excessive alcohol use as a way to prevent sexual assault is not just women’s responsibility but men’s as well."