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Posted on 09/23/2005 10:23:29 AM PDT by Hawkeye Boss
Professor Says Pink Locker Room Promotes Sexism, Homophobia U Of I Professor Challenges Iowa's Compliance With NCAA
POSTED: 10:44 am CDT September 23, 2005 UPDATED: 11:05 am CDT September 23, 2005
IOWA CITY, Iowa -- A University of Iowa law professor said the school is promoting homophobia and will challenge whether Iowa is violating NCAA rules by painting a visitors' locker room pink.
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Erin Buzuvis moved to Iowa from Boston in the fall and discovered the visiting team's locker room at Kinnick Stadium was pink -- something she said promotes sexism and homophobia.
But officials with the school's sports department said they won't change the pink walls, which is a long-time facet in Kinnick Stadium.
The color was introduced decades ago by former Hawkeye coach Hayden Fry to soften opponents. But recent stadium renovations added more pink items to the locker room, including lockers, sinks and urinals.
Buzuvis plans to speak with a school committee compiling a report on Iowa's compliance with NCAA regulations.
The report is conducted every five years and does not yet address the pink locker room
Installing gerbils might cross the line...but pink should be fine. After all, Hitlery wears pink.
Nothing says feminine like a pink urinal.
I think Mz. Buzuvis should of stayed in Boston
Erin Buzuvis is in favor of carpet?
How come professors aren't fired for using the word, "homophobia?"
LOL - this must be the "fun Friday" post! Can't wait!
Where does the constitution give the courts the power to determine the proper color of a locker room? Are they interior decorators now?
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If Erin is "she" then presumably the pink locker room was the woman's--err, womyn's locker room. This must be the sexist part.
If not, and the "homophobia" part is from seeing the men's locker room, what was she doing in the men's locker room?
Depending on her, umm, "orientation" it could mean either sexism OR homophobia.
Full Disclosure: Anyone remember the line from South Park?
"Children, she plays for the other team."
Pink is a nice color. How in the world is it homophobic?
How is this homophobic? More like girlie-men-ophobic. And the biggest girlie-men I know are all straight.
Michigan coach Bo (I won't even try) used to bring butcher paper to cover the walls in the locker room. Tough to cover the urinals now.
Maybe if they didn't keep score they wouldn't have self esteem problems with the losing team either.
A number of years ago someone conducted research that determined that there is a certain shade of pink that affects the brain and makes men less aggressive and violent. Prisons started to use it in attempt to cut down on violence. Putting it in the opposing teams locker room is probably an attempt to do the same to the opposing team.
Higher Education PING (emphasis on "high")
The pink paint was one thing. The drums of K-Y Jelly in the shower is unacceptable!
How about the Rolling Stones' logo urinal?
How is it sexist? How is it homophobic? Pink is the color strongly associated with girls and effeminate men. In this context, putting your opponent in a pink locker room is saying "you are weak like a girl" or "you are weak like a gay man." The pink locker room is a subtle way of painting the words "sissy" "girlie man" and "f*agg*t" on the walls. This belittles women and gay men by insisting they are weak, subservient, powerless, nondominant, and generally of lower status than men.
Now who is it making the jumo from Girls and effeminate men, to Sissy, and Faggot ?
I think the Professor should be censured for using such IN P.C. language.
This prof increases my homonausea - sick of listening to the sick freak fags whine they aren't getting fair treatment because of their mental disorder.
The color of paint says very little about the school.
How about a Michael Moore face type urinal...
Although it would only be one urinal per floor...
That locker room won't make a damn bit of difference this weekend.
Iowa plays at Ohio State...........
And the Buckeyes are going to put to board to the Suckeyes.
Drive, drive on down the field men of Scarlet and Grey.....
Only pink blouses with sensible pantsuits. LOL!
PJ O'Rourke made great fun of her comments about sensible clothing. :D
Hawks are going to the Rose Bowl. Hadn't you heard ?
How can a color promote anything?
It can't. But color will influence the mood.
The Pepto Bismol color promotes homophobia ? Who knew ?
Just a suggestion for your tag - it's judgment.
Welcome to FR! :-)
I watched a demonstration of that principle on the local news in San Diego. They used a big, strapping San Diego cop. He was given a large weight to lift. He did it with a big smile and total ease. Next, they made him look at a large card with the test shade of pink. He couldn't lift the weight. Some autonomic nervous system response caused an involuntary loss of physical strength.
That's exactly why Coach Fry, who had a PhD in Psychology, had the room painted pink. It was not a statement on the sexual persuasion of the opposing team members.
Obviously, the U of I has not given this new professor enough work to do.
Actually, either are acceptable. I work at a publishing company and we did a book with the word in the title...we had much debate over this! =)
I imagine a pink urinal is not a stock item. They must have had to put in a special order...
The stupidity of the Left knows no bounds....
They should sue Pepto Bismol, cotton candy manufacturers and people like that. We need consistency here. OUTLAW PINK!
I'm with you....especially when it comes to Code-Pinko!!
Wait, I'm confused. I seem to recall last year, Arkansas coach Houston Nutt, put pink jerseys on some players, and it was attacked for being insensitive to breast cancer survivors, so they stopped doing it.
Not sure, but I believe this is her blog. http://www.buzwords.blogspot.com/
Hayden was a Psychology Major.
Ahem..."HOOK 'EM HORNS!"..thankyou...
Absolutely right. Some jails paint the cell walls pink to attempt to influence violent offenders. My guess is that the good Professor has a few bets down on the opposing teams...
This woman really doesn't have anything better to do?
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