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SJWs going after Gronk now
Posted on 2/5/16 at 10:28 am
Posted on 2/5/16 at 10:28 am
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There are questions a female sports reporter is often asked when she first meets someone and her career is revealed. “Do you go in the locker room?” “Have you seen naked players?”
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Those questions let us know that it’s still not considered fully acceptable for females to be in this male dominated field, and when we are, there incorrectly and oddly is a sexual element presumed. That’s what made it so infuriating to watch a Fox Sports1 segment on “House Party by the Bay” where Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski performed a lap dance on co-host Julie Stewart-Binks. Stewart-Binks prompted and encouraged Gronkowski, throwing bills at him as part of a bit referencing Gronkowski’s recent anecdote about stripping for a bachelorette party.
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There are many questions that should be asked here. Did Stewart-Binks feel pressured to take part? Did she know how far Gronkowski would take it? Or was she really OK with this? I really hope not. While Gronkowski crossed a line and her male colleagues yucking it up in the background were out of line - why am I not surprised Jason Whitlock was hosting? - the issue many females in sports media are appalled by is how offensive it was to all of us who work so hard not to just do our jobs well but to do them with integrity. Did Stewart-Binks consider that every time a female in sports media acts inappropriately or unprofessionally it unfairly reflects on all females in sports media? (Let me know if a male sports reporter has ever had to defend himself for the way a male colleague dresses.) Judging by her tweets, this has not registered with Stewart-Binks. She thanked Gronkowski on Twitter and retweeted the clip calling it “incredible.” There’s an unspoken and unfair burden most women in sports media work with, an understanding that we are not to undo the painstaking work of women decades before us who had to break down locker room doors for equal access and credibility. Women in this career are still far more likely to be subjected to vile misogynistic online threats and insults than our male colleagues. Our work is questioned merely on the basis of our gender. Simply stating on Twitter that she found the Gronkowski’s lap dance segment offensive invited a slew of nasty insults at ESPN.com’s Dana O’Neil. So when a woman in sports media purposefully denigrates herself on TV it hurts all of us. It’s a horrible double standard, but it’s reality. Yet, I know why it happens. There is an all-too-common model for fast-track success for women in sports broadcasting: Be young, pretty, blonde and skinny. Wear club attire. Get comfortable with being a sideline sex object who knows about sports. It’s a slap in the face to the vast majority of women who do these jobs well and professionally. It’s especially insulting to the women who don’t get hired in the first place for being older than 40 or larger than a size 2. Let’s not entirely blame women here. This system – big shocker here- was created by men who overwhelmingly hold leadership positions in sports media, control hiring and professionally reward women based on sex appeal. Mostly, they ignorantly don't believe that male viewers will watch qualified women discuss sports without also being a sex object and they still haven't wrapped their head around the idea that women watch sports on TV. Instead of a red-faced apology after the lap dance segment, Fox Sports1 replayed the clip as a promotion. Gronkowski is considered a laughable frat boy, “Gronk being Gronk,” which is quite ironic given the criticism Cam Newton receives for his G-rated touchdown dances. Whitlock’s response was to tweet that anyone offended by the skit was a “fraud.”
This post was edited on 2/5/16 at 10:54 am
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Posted on 2/5/16 at 10:29 am to TigersHuskers
Let's be real here, if this was Cam Newton doing this, Anerica would be in a uproar. Also Stewart should get some flack too
This post was edited on 2/5/16 at 10:31 am
Posted on 2/5/16 at 10:30 am to TigersHuskers
Is that a pay-for site?
Posted on 2/5/16 at 10:30 am to TigersHuskers
A) The Tribune blows and you have to register for most content.
B) You provided no details besides the link.
C) You are a terrible poster.
Enjoy the downvote.
B) You provided no details besides the link.
C) You are a terrible poster.
Enjoy the downvote.
Posted on 2/5/16 at 10:30 am to TigersHuskers
Your link sucks
Posted on 2/5/16 at 10:31 am to TigersHuskers
Is this the one where the reporter begged him to give her one?
If anything, Gronk is the victim of sexual harassment.
If anything, Gronk is the victim of sexual harassment.
Posted on 2/5/16 at 10:31 am to PocketScience
Kinda guessed what OP wanted to do
Posted on 2/5/16 at 10:32 am to TigersHuskers
In the latest news, Gronk just sent all of the complaining SJWs dick pics
Posted on 2/5/16 at 10:32 am to Fus0623
Imagine if it was a male reporter sitting on that couch and they were interviewing that hot little female USA soccer player and the male reporter has his tongue hanging out leering at her and says hey we heard you did a strip tease one time at a bachelor party....how about coming over here and showing me how it's done????
Posted on 2/5/16 at 10:32 am to bradwieser
Gronk was objectified and it's offensive. The female reporter should be ashamed. WE ARE NOT PIECES OF MEAT!
Posted on 2/5/16 at 10:35 am to TigersHuskers
Your link is a link to register for the Chicago Tribune FYI
Posted on 2/5/16 at 10:43 am to SabiDojo
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Gronk was objectified and it's offensive. The female reporter should be ashamed. WE ARE NOT PIECES OF MEAT!
This. It's an example of female privilege that she is not being condemned.
Posted on 2/5/16 at 10:43 am to TigersHuskers
you suck
Posted on 2/5/16 at 10:44 am to TigersHuskers
Of all people to go after they choose the guy that gives the least amount of fricks humanly possible
Posted on 2/5/16 at 10:47 am to PhillyTiger90
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Of all people to go after they choose the guy that gives the least amount of fricks humanly possible
Came here to post this exactly. fricking morons, that dude don't give two shits about what they think
Posted on 2/5/16 at 10:49 am to Fus0623
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Let's be real here, if this was Cam Newton doing this, Anerica would be in a uproar.
GTFO. Cam could probably kill someone and get a pass right now.
Posted on 2/5/16 at 10:50 am to TigersHuskers
You suck.
Posted on 2/5/16 at 10:51 am to Peazey
The link works fine for me
Posted on 2/5/16 at 10:54 am to TigersHuskers
I fixed the OP
Posted on 2/5/16 at 10:57 am to TigersHuskers
Someone make a gif of her doing that little tongue thing as she's asking him to do it.
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