In the wake of the Me Too movement, more women and young girls are speaking up about being sexually abused.
Among them Olympic gymnast and gold medal winner, Aly Raisman, who recently sat down with WFAA to talk about how she was sexually assaulted by U.S. gymnastics doctor, Larry Nassar. "I just could not sit back and not doing anything about it,” said Raisman.
Raisman who did not want to talk politics did talk about the prevalence of sexual abuse at schools and college campuses. She said often administrators ignore the cries of victims. "I don't know why people assume that the abusers don't do anything wrong and survivors are just trying to get attention,” said Raisman.
Scandals at places like Baylor University brought this issue to light. Independent investigations confirmed the university failed to investigate sex assault accusations against athletes.
The Obama Administration made changes to Title IX rules that govern universities on this issue. The rules held universities responsible for not investigating cases and also gave victims the benefit of the doubt. "The reason why these laws were made is because we knew the system wasn't just a little broken it was abhorrently broken,” said Courtney Underwood, sexual assault survivor.
Secretary of Education, Betsy Devos, felt the rules were unfair for the accused saying they weren't being given due process. "This unraveling of justice is shameful, it's wholey un-American,” said Secretary DeVos.
On Friday morning she repealed Obama's rules and implemented new ones adding more protection for those accused of sexual misconduct.
And universities are only responsible for investigating incidents that happened on campus. "Every survivor of sexual misconduct must be taken seriously every accused of sexual misconduct must know that guilt is not predetermined,” said DeVos.
"Do you want your kids on campus with sexual predators that are allowed to freely roam and not being held accountable,” said Underwood.
Victims advocates said the rules are a major set back for victims who have a tough time coming forward.
while others say it keeps innocent people from being falsley accused.
One of the other changes is that people accused will have the right to cross-examine the accuser and witnesses through an advisor or an attorney.