http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/15/AR2010091504653.html
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/09/13/new-york-jets-kicks-off-season-facing-harassment-claim/
http://www.newser.com/story/100666/ines-sainz-controversy-shouldnt-be-one.html
Recently there has been a story about a female reporter, Ines Sainz, who entered the New York Jets' locker room after their game and was verbally harassed by members of the team. Redskins fans may have heard Clinton Portis' comments on this saying things like she "wants it" or "you put a woman and you give her a choice of 53 athletes, somebody got to be appealing to her," But my focus for this post is generally about the debate of the harassment in the locker room.
When looking at The Wshington Post, CNN, and a source called Newser, it looked as if the stories were very similar. There was a lot of focus on the Jets' players behavior opposed to the actual charge of sexual harassment itself. The recent story has turned away from harassment and into the debate of whether or not women should be allowed in the men's locker room. CNN's post talked about an apology by Jets' owner and she said, "not to worry, but she did feel uncomfortable in the locker room." The Washington Post focuses more on what kind of outfits Sainz wears while reporting and whether or not they are appropriate for the news. The news source Newser likes to raise the point that this whole argument should have ended after Jets' owner apologized, but when you add football, a female reporter, and sexual harassment, the media definitely wants more.
So all sources focus on the same story, but they all take three different angles on it. Some are in support of Sainz, some want this controversy to be over, and some think Sainz needs a new wardrobe for work. Either way, the main focus on this story seems to be the rights of women, whether being allowed in mens' locker rooms or how they should be treated.
Classy Portis! Good to know that at least in these articles the debate centered on whether they should be in there..which is something reporters need to consider. I always thought it was a little strange. Why not wait until their dressed?
ReplyDeleteI found this story to be fascinating as it has grown in the news over the last few days. I kind of have to agree with the Washington Post's assessment of Ines Sainz. When you google her the firs thing that comes up is the image cache of her. She doesn't exactly dress conservative, to put it lightly. When I think of a reporter I certainly don't picture anything like her. Of course someone was going to make a comment about her, she simply isn't the type of reporter that most players are used to dealing with.
ReplyDeleteDr. Castle: To answer your question, I believe that the media is only allowed in the locker room for a certain amount of time and it is usually right after the game which coincides with the players showering and what not. If you want to get an interview it has to be when most of the guys are half naked unfortunately.
I think this story is really interesting and I find it personally offensive as a woman that if a woman walked into a football team's locker room the players would deem it okay to verbally harass her. And after reading through your post and noticing that each article chose to focus on whether or not what she was wearing was appropriate and whether or not women should be allowed in the locker room, that to me was interesting. Either way, I dont think she should have been treated with disrespect and she should defintely get an apology.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree that the reporter should have just waited for them to get dressed. Maybe she just wanted to see some good lookin' football players. Also, I think it would have definitely been an even bigger deal if it were a man going into a woman's locker room. Also, maybe her wardrobe was inappropriate and maybe she's trying to get more public attention by wearing scanadalous clothing.
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