RE: Ethics Cases

wanderingstar19 · Mon, 08 Nov 1999 22:51:43 -0800

So...
 I posted this to the QB list as well,
but I think it warrants posting here, too. Sorry if
y'all have no idea what I am talking about
:-)

Hey all,
 I've been thinking a lot about Ethics
Case # 2, specifically number 3.
I suppose it is
time to clog your boxes with my thoughts now....

Why is the person wearing scant clothing in # 3 a
woman? Perhaps a
female form might be what first pops
into someone's head when they think of
"revealing
clothing," but is this right? It bothers me that there was
no
he/she at all in the wording of the case, and there was
no behavior at
stake, just the question of
dress.
 Something else that bothered me was the fact that
the item even appeared
on the Ethics Case list.
Would anyone ask such a question about a man
dressed
"inappropiately?" If they would, or if they would even think
of
bringing it up to a TD, I certainly haven't heard of it.
Not to say it
hasn't happened, or wouldn't happen,
but in all my experience, I have never
seen nor
heard anyone say anything to a TD about a man's style
of dress.
Also in my own experience, I have seen
women talked about in a sexual manner
because of
what they were wearing, even have things said directly
to them
about what they were wearing. NEVER have
I seen anyone approach a man at a
tournament and
sexually comment on his clothing. This seems a bit skewed
in
my opinion, especially since I have seen more
inappropiate, tasteless, and
nauseating dress on men at
tournaments than I ever have on women. In fact, I
think I
have seen, at tournaments, more skin, more socially
inacceptable
dress, and more offensive personal conduct and hygene
of/on the QB men than
I have of/on the QB women.

I think it might be time to rethink why such as
question as Ethics Case
2, # 3 is even acceptable for
us to hear without automatically thinking
about
the lack of sexual equality in the case. As for the
answers, I
commend those whose responses suggest that
the inability of the player to
keep their mind on
the game has nothing to do with the dress of an
opponent,
and all to do with the player's mind. As for people
who answered otherwise,
thinking that perhaps a
woman's dress should warrant public scrutiny in a
QB
world where she is already dreadfully outnumbered by
men, shame on you.
 Thanks for listening!

~
Dorri Friedman

"Reality is merely a question of
attribution" - Alan Bennett