Posted on 09/27/2005 2:32:27 PM PDT by Pikamax
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: 10:49 am CDT September 24, 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.
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.
Pink is just a color.
By this logic if you hang out at the Grand Canyon at sunset, you'd become a raging homophobe.
BTW both batrooms in their next house are green.
"...A pink locker room ... is offensive."
Apparently our attorney has found a constitutional right not to be offended. This seems to be a typical mindset. Right on cue, the stories about "death threats" follow. But no followup to find the perps. The great thing about e-mails is they leave a great trail. *yawn* Lawsuits to follow, film at eleven.
Those brainy liberals. They deserve all of the tenure they can get. On sheer brainpower alone, anyone can see that they're highly qualified.
I dunno... As a quarterback, something about that pink locker room somehow makes it easier to take the snap from my center.
I think Erin Buzavis is a hetrophobe!
That sounds like a thinly veiled threat to me.
HETEROPHOBIC IS MUCH MORE COMMON THESE DAYS.
SEXUAL CONFUSION IS SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF?
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