Attorney: visitors' pink locker room could leave UI open to lawsuits

[racerhawk]

On another note, I think it is interesting that every instance of discrimination against gays is labeled "homophobia." We don't call sexism "femaphobia" or racism "Afrophobia " or perhaps "Latinophobia."

Now, when people say they don't want to take showers in the locker room with someone who might be attracted to them, that is "homophobia." But how is that different than someone who reacts out of fear when they encounter someone from another race? But we don 't use fear term in this instance.

The ism suffix is commonly used to indicate an ideology based on superiority. Well, when someone reacts out of fear when encountering someone from another group, they mark the other group as having the power to harm, hence the phobia suffix is appropriate. But when someone has simply marked another group as deficient then the ism suffix would seem more appropriate.

It's not an issue of political correctness, but specificity. Having people be clear about why they react to others differently in certain situations may help us be more thoughtful in our actions and understandings. What would happen if we just asked ourselves when we met someone and had an urge to treat that person with disdain, "Do I feel this way because I feel superior or am I afraid, or perhaps both?

Yeah. We don't call the 2 yard pass into the dirt on 3rd down "davisophobia" now do we?

 

[HawkeyesWin]

I really wish this woman would stop being such a bully.

 

[ColoradoHAWKEYE]

Complete nonsense....now if we're talking about painting the water tower pink, there may be some merit.

These over the top bozos that try to prove their points in such senseless statements, only makes me want to look the other way, to their whining pleas.

She sounds like a 2 year old (girl...or boy).

 

[HawkeyeMHA]

Meh. This is pretty lame. I like all things pink

 

[1977Hawkeye]

Meh. This is pretty lame. I like all things pink

If this man likes pink, then it should be ok for all of us!

 

[mrolympia]

a quick way to end this is to say that you're supporting breast cancer research. anyone who files a lawsuit against that will be destroyed.

 

[mrolympia]

and who doesn't like pink? pink corsets, pink thongs, pink bras..........as long as they're worn on sexy girls they're all great.

 

[NCHawker]

Pink locker rooms get critical look | TheGazette

ALTOONA – The University of Iowa is leaving itself exposed to legal challenges by continuing to have a pink visitor’s locker room at Kinnick Stadium, two attorneys told attendees Wednesday during a workshop at the Iowa Governors Conference on LGBTQ Youth.

Jill Gaulding, co-founder of Minnesota-based Gender Justice and a former UI tenure-track faculty member, said the Kinnick locker room is one of a growing number of sports-related traditions that use “pink shamingâ€￾ and “cognitive biasâ€￾ to deride opponents and try to “get in their heads.â€￾

Wow. Little did the ol' Sly One realize he was part of a shameful trend in bullying and anti-gay bias. He probably just thought he was painting the visitors' locker room a "passive" color. He probably should have been fired.

The old zen master says that "What you see, is who you are". Her infrances about the meaning of a color tell me that she views others as hostile and thus she displays her deep seated issues.

 

[UIhawkeyes]

I never liked the pink locker room idea. I think it's an embarrassment to the U of I. Change it now before it becomes an even bigger issue.

Neuman, you are an embarrassment to Hawkeye Nation, but you would be welcomed on the cyclone site...

 

[TChawk]

Neuman, you are an embarrassment to Hawkeye Nation, but you would be welcomed on the cyclone site...

He probably has an account over there already....after all he isn't a Hawk fan so must be a cyclone fan with stupid comments like that

 

[CAARHawk]

Yeah. We don't call the 2 yard pass into the dirt on 3rd down "davisophobia" now do we?

I think a better analogy would be the difference between brotherism and Clonophobia.

 

[schatz247]

Bingo! Look at what they are doing to christians. They had a little conference at prairie meadows yesterday and had classes on how to put down conservatives and bash christians who disagree w/ same sex marriage. I thought the LGBT community was suppose to be soooooo understanding?

Are you kidding me with that garbage? Those poor Christians who have been persecuted, discriminated, & belittled for so long. Oh wait, that's the primary group doing it.