Comments on: For the Love of the Game: Covering Up Rape to Win the Rose Bowl http://thecurvature.com/2008/01/29/for-the-love-of-the-game-covering-up-rape-to-win-the-rose-bowl/ Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:24:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Links: Carnival Against Sexual Violence 53 « Pizza Diavola http://thecurvature.com/2008/01/29/for-the-love-of-the-game-covering-up-rape-to-win-the-rose-bowl/#comment-6805 Links: Carnival Against Sexual Violence 53 « Pizza Diavola Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:19:25 +0000 http://thecurvature.com/2008/01/29/for-the-love-of-the-game-covering-up-rape-to-win-the-rose-bowl/#comment-6805 [...] The response of the school’s administration is particularly remarkable given how schools and sports teams cover up rape for the sake of the W. [...] [...] The response of the school’s administration is particularly remarkable given how schools and sports teams cover up rape for the sake of the W. [...]

]]> By: Sports Rape Culture Keeps On Thriving : The Curvature http://thecurvature.com/2008/01/29/for-the-love-of-the-game-covering-up-rape-to-win-the-rose-bowl/#comment-6158 Sports Rape Culture Keeps On Thriving : The Curvature Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:59:58 +0000 http://thecurvature.com/2008/01/29/for-the-love-of-the-game-covering-up-rape-to-win-the-rose-bowl/#comment-6158 [...] base in the U.S., you can see this culture at work every time there’s an allegation against a college athlete, as well as the pros. Bitches. Lie. Oh, how they lie. (Except when they [...] [...] base in the U.S., you can see this culture at work every time there’s an allegation against a college athlete, as well as the pros. Bitches. Lie. Oh, how they lie. (Except when they [...]

]]> By: Sports Columnist Calls Out Sports-Related Misogyny : The Curvature http://thecurvature.com/2008/01/29/for-the-love-of-the-game-covering-up-rape-to-win-the-rose-bowl/#comment-4970 Sports Columnist Calls Out Sports-Related Misogyny : The Curvature Sat, 17 May 2008 21:41:16 +0000 http://thecurvature.com/2008/01/29/for-the-love-of-the-game-covering-up-rape-to-win-the-rose-bowl/#comment-4970 [...] of misogyny and violence against women in male sports culture, not to mention a higher rate of rape/domestic violence apologism, which is astonishing seeing how much apologism goes on in the rest of the [...] [...] of misogyny and violence against women in male sports culture, not to mention a higher rate of rape/domestic violence apologism, which is astonishing seeing how much apologism goes on in the rest of the [...]

]]> By: SunlessNick http://thecurvature.com/2008/01/29/for-the-love-of-the-game-covering-up-rape-to-win-the-rose-bowl/#comment-4959 SunlessNick Sat, 17 May 2008 02:40:27 +0000 http://thecurvature.com/2008/01/29/for-the-love-of-the-game-covering-up-rape-to-win-the-rose-bowl/#comment-4959 <em>The point was “these uppity women can’t destroy the image of our beloved football team unless we can destroy them right back!”</em> Because clearly the good name of such fine young boys deserves all the protection. What's some girl's body compared to that? (Yes, that is my bitter sarcasm typing) The point was “these uppity women can’t destroy the image of our beloved football team unless we can destroy them right back!”

Because clearly the good name of such fine young boys deserves all the protection. What’s some girl’s body compared to that?

(Yes, that is my bitter sarcasm typing)

]]> By: Bianca Reagan http://thecurvature.com/2008/01/29/for-the-love-of-the-game-covering-up-rape-to-win-the-rose-bowl/#comment-4955 Bianca Reagan Fri, 16 May 2008 22:51:47 +0000 http://thecurvature.com/2008/01/29/for-the-love-of-the-game-covering-up-rape-to-win-the-rose-bowl/#comment-4955 I agree with Betty. I agree with Betty.

]]> By: BettyBoondoggle http://thecurvature.com/2008/01/29/for-the-love-of-the-game-covering-up-rape-to-win-the-rose-bowl/#comment-3290 BettyBoondoggle Mon, 04 Feb 2008 18:25:13 +0000 http://thecurvature.com/2008/01/29/for-the-love-of-the-game-covering-up-rape-to-win-the-rose-bowl/#comment-3290 Yeah, I'm not playing that game. there's evidence of a rape and evidence that the pig boys at the party were deliberately using fake names to hide and/or confuse their identities. If the wrong pig boys were identified does that magically mean there was no rape? Or does it mean that yet more pig boys got away with it? The over all point here is that college atheletes have adults covering up their most viscious crimes to win sporting events that are entirely without use. Yeah, I’m not playing that game. there’s evidence of a rape and evidence that the pig boys at the party were deliberately using fake names to hide and/or confuse their identities.

If the wrong pig boys were identified does that magically mean there was no rape? Or does it mean that yet more pig boys got away with it?

The over all point here is that college atheletes have adults covering up their most viscious crimes to win sporting events that are entirely without use.

]]> By: Cara http://thecurvature.com/2008/01/29/for-the-love-of-the-game-covering-up-rape-to-win-the-rose-bowl/#comment-3289 Cara Mon, 04 Feb 2008 17:06:18 +0000 http://thecurvature.com/2008/01/29/for-the-love-of-the-game-covering-up-rape-to-win-the-rose-bowl/#comment-3289 Arbequina, DNA evidence and additional eye witnesses are not the only reasons that a rape case should be prosecuted. If that guy hadn't walked by, or if the woman had showered and douched before making a report, she still would have been raped. I don't think that anyone here is "conflating" the Duke case with this one. As has been pointed out, there have been differences in how the two cases were handled. If someone would like to explain why so many of us believe that the accuser in the Duke case was most likely telling the truth, I'm fine with that. Links would be best, because I also am absolutely NOT going to let this thread turn into a Duke rape thread, particularly not yet another one where the merit of the allegations are debated. There are more than enough of those out there. If I see things going that way, I will either start deleting comments or shut off comments on the thread entirely. Arbequina,

DNA evidence and additional eye witnesses are not the only reasons that a rape case should be prosecuted. If that guy hadn’t walked by, or if the woman had showered and douched before making a report, she still would have been raped.

I don’t think that anyone here is “conflating” the Duke case with this one. As has been pointed out, there have been differences in how the two cases were handled.

If someone would like to explain why so many of us believe that the accuser in the Duke case was most likely telling the truth, I’m fine with that. Links would be best, because I also am absolutely NOT going to let this thread turn into a Duke rape thread, particularly not yet another one where the merit of the allegations are debated. There are more than enough of those out there. If I see things going that way, I will either start deleting comments or shut off comments on the thread entirely.

]]> By: arbequina http://thecurvature.com/2008/01/29/for-the-love-of-the-game-covering-up-rape-to-win-the-rose-bowl/#comment-3287 arbequina Mon, 04 Feb 2008 05:25:12 +0000 http://thecurvature.com/2008/01/29/for-the-love-of-the-game-covering-up-rape-to-win-the-rose-bowl/#comment-3287 Confusion... RE: the Duke case. It's possible I don't have all of the information, but everything I've read seemed to indicate that it was a bullshit fabrication. Were the Duke kids bigots? Yes. Were they spoiled assholes? Yes. Did they rape that woman? All signs point to no... Is there something out there that says otherwise? I think it's dangerous to conflate a serious allegation -- as it seems with this case at UW -- with something like Duke. If something happened -- DNA evidence, a phone call to the police, additional eye witnesses, etc. -- then we should absolutely be prosecuting these offenses to the hilt. But if the evidence is limited or non-existent, I feel like we do ourselves a disservice by trying to create a parallel. I don't know.. help me out here. Confusion…

RE: the Duke case. It’s possible I don’t have all of the information, but everything I’ve read seemed to indicate that it was a bullshit fabrication. Were the Duke kids bigots? Yes. Were they spoiled assholes? Yes. Did they rape that woman? All signs point to no… Is there something out there that says otherwise?

I think it’s dangerous to conflate a serious allegation — as it seems with this case at UW — with something like Duke. If something happened — DNA evidence, a phone call to the police, additional eye witnesses, etc. — then we should absolutely be prosecuting these offenses to the hilt. But if the evidence is limited or non-existent, I feel like we do ourselves a disservice by trying to create a parallel.

I don’t know.. help me out here.

]]> By: FairyBerry http://thecurvature.com/2008/01/29/for-the-love-of-the-game-covering-up-rape-to-win-the-rose-bowl/#comment-3285 FairyBerry Sun, 03 Feb 2008 22:11:15 +0000 http://thecurvature.com/2008/01/29/for-the-love-of-the-game-covering-up-rape-to-win-the-rose-bowl/#comment-3285 I go to GMU in Northern Virginia! We don't have a football team, but a basketball team. I wonder how often this happens on my campus. I mean the overup...not the rape because I know that happens a lot. I go to GMU in Northern Virginia! We don’t have a football team, but a basketball team. I wonder how often this happens on my campus. I mean the overup…not the rape because I know that happens a lot.

]]> By: BettyBoondoggle http://thecurvature.com/2008/01/29/for-the-love-of-the-game-covering-up-rape-to-win-the-rose-bowl/#comment-3261 BettyBoondoggle Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:23:59 +0000 http://thecurvature.com/2008/01/29/for-the-love-of-the-game-covering-up-rape-to-win-the-rose-bowl/#comment-3261 "The Duke case is different though because " Yeah, yeah,yeah, I know. The point is the media (and ever MRA on earth) loves to portray the whole team as good little boys when they are anything but. “The Duke case is different though because ”

Yeah, yeah,yeah, I know. The point is the media (and ever MRA on earth) loves to portray the whole team as good little boys when they are anything but.

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