I thought Trish was too busy at work to read the blog until she commented last night about the McCartney piece. Here's a story from her old school.
A University of Iowa law professor says the school is promoting homophobia and will challenge whether Iowa is violating N-C-A-A 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 says promotes sexism and homophobia.
But officials with the school's sports department say 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 N-C-A-A regulations. The report is conducted every five years and does not yet address the pink locker room.
Isn't it sexist and homophobic to assume that pink is the color that represents certain segments of the population? I think Buzuvis is engaged in promoting harmful stereotypes. Maybe he should be dismissed according to the school's sensitivity policy.
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We have become quite the humorless culture. Touchy, touchy.
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