The Fake Campus Assault Statistics, and Moral Decay, with Heather Mac Donald, Plus "Sense and Sensibility" Shock Casting | Ep. 1412

October 5, 2026

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In a phone call she initiated and secretly recorded, the young woman at the center of the Cornell fraternity scandal told one of the men she had sex with that night: “Nothing illegal happened. I actually liked being with you … We’re all consenting adults here.” She texted him afterward that she was “just really open-minded” about sex. She eagerly accepted an invitation to a Halloween party at the same fraternity house weeks later. Yet by the time the story reached national news, she was being described as a gang-rape victim, the men as rapists, and anyone who questioned the narrative as an apologist for sexual violence. The gap between what the evidence shows and what the public is being told is the subject of this episode.

How the Rape Narrative Was Constructed

Heather Mac Donald argues that the campus rape industrial complex operates with a “heads I win, tails you lose” logic that makes allegations unfalsifiable. The Cornell case is a textbook example. The young woman’s own contemporaneous statements—texts, phone calls, and the police report she signed—described the encounters as consensual. The district attorney reviewed the evidence and declined to prosecute, noting that even her own account did not support criminal charges. Yet two years later, a civil suit and a media campaign reframed the entire episode as a seven-hour gang rape.

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What you'll learn

1 (01:18) **Heather Mac Donald Joins** - Kelly introduces Manhattan Institute fellow and City Journal contributing editor Heather Mac Donald, who will debunk the false campus rape narrative.
2 (39:36) **Why the "Rape" Narrative Is Unfalsifiable** - Mac Donald explains the "heads I win, tails you lose" logic of the campus rape industrial complex.
3 (46:26) **The Positive Sign: The "Slut" Norm Still Exists** - Mac Donald finds hope that promiscuity is still stigmatized on campus, proving traditional norms aren't dead.
4 (50:23) **Debunking the "One in Five" Statistic** - Mac Donald dismantles the foundational campus rape statistic.
5 (53:32) **The Cornell President's Virtue Signaling** - Kelly plays audio of Cornell President Michael Kotlikoff apologizing and promising to "lead the broader effort against sexual assault."
6 (58:10) **The Bizarre Recreation of Chivalry** - Mac Donald identifies the double standard at the heart of the feminist narrative.
7 (63:50) **The Hypocrisy of College Sex Culture** - Mac Donald contrasts the "rape industrial complex" with the "college sex weeks" promoting female sexual empowerment.

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Guests on this episode

Megyn Kelly

Show Notes

Megyn Kelly discusses how the left and media don’t care about due process in the wake of their terrible commentary about the Cornell 7 situation, how Jane Doe’s lawyer is driving a news cycle featuring lies and innuendo, new audio from a phone call between Jane Doe and one of the accused being leaked to ABC, Jane Doe’s lawyer working to destroy the lives of innocent men, Olivia Rodrigo and other uninformed celebrities trying to wade into the “Cornell 7” story and failing, the lynch mob that is trying to destroy the men involved in the story, separating fact from fiction in the case, and more. Then Heather Mac Donald, fellow at the Manhattan Institute, joins to discuss female agency vs. female accountability now in the spotlight, how our society’s terrible morals and values are causing massive problems between young women and men, the need for a serious conversation about not just s*xual assault but s*x, the embarrassing statements from the Cornell president, the truth about the completely fake campus s*xual assault statistics, the real way these viral statistics are actually compiled, and more. Then Megyn closes it out talking about the “Sense and Sensibility” remake making a ridiculous LGBT casting decision, the director making a point about how she wants to make more "queer" films, and more.

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