You probably heard of Ines Sainz, the sports reporter who claims sexual harassment from the NY Jets. Here's part of an article discussing whether she was asking for it:
http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/09/14...ent-jets/?icid=main|main|dl5|sec1_lnk3|170626
While I do think Sainz should not have been in the locker room, I am fuming over people saying she deserved to be harassed because she was scantily clad. I think its unfair because that's saying its the woman's fault when she is sexually harassed, assaulted, etc., because she revealed too much skin.
But at the same time, I find myself wondering when is it a good moment for a woman to express her sexuality? Each time she shows skin, even in an innocent moment, she's deemed a whore and asking for trouble. Why can't women be sexual? Why is it still a man's world? Is the belief that men are more hormonal than women a myth or a reality? Is it possible for men and women to coexist together when both are sexual beings, looking to express their sexuality?
Discuss...
Sainz, 32, a married mother of three, has nine years' experience as an on-air sports reporter. The controversy came after she covered the New York Jets game for Mexico's Aztec TV. First, during practice on Sunday, the players gently lobbed passes in her direction on the sidelines to get a better look at her assets. Then, when she entered the locker room to interview quarterback Mark Sanchez the next day, the situation grew more tense. Tense enough that Sainz opted not to return, reporting only from the sidelines last night.
While Sanchez himself was "a gentleman," says Sainz, one of the players was naked, a few allegedly catcalled her, yelling, "I want to play with a Mexican," while another Jet remarked on her looks in Spanish.
In the moment, Sainz decided to ignore the behavior, later tweeting that she was "dying of embarrassment" at the time. In fact, it was another female reporter who first approached her and asked whether the situation was making her uncomfortable, Sainz said on the "Today" show this morning. Otherwise, she never would have even reported the incident.
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What was the attire provoking the attacks? First, on the sidelines, it was a pair of tight jeans and a white button-down, which, with its V-neck, revealed Sainz' cleavage.
Then it was the quintessential little black dress: "Sexy TV reporter Ines Sainz slinked into last night's Jet game in a black minidress with a plunging neckline," crowed the New York Post. Only when was the last time you heard of any male reporter slinking anywhere? In fact, have we ever discussed so much as the color of one of their ties?
When Sainz appeared on "Today" this morning to defend herself, the chatter over her short skirt and peek-a-boo blouse -- and not the harassment, or whether it prevented her from doing her job -- swelled to a deafening roar in the blogosphere.
"Why don't they give the women reporters a sensitivity course on how to dress professionally ... her blouse, which exposed her breasts a little too much, belonged on MTV, not on a morning news show," carped a commenter on Babble.
A commenter on The Early Lead blog on the Washington Post went so far as to declare that Sainz gives professional women reporters a bad name. She wasn't deserving of an apology, wrote jj1968, based on her wardrobe alone.
http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/09/14...ent-jets/?icid=main|main|dl5|sec1_lnk3|170626
While I do think Sainz should not have been in the locker room, I am fuming over people saying she deserved to be harassed because she was scantily clad. I think its unfair because that's saying its the woman's fault when she is sexually harassed, assaulted, etc., because she revealed too much skin.
But at the same time, I find myself wondering when is it a good moment for a woman to express her sexuality? Each time she shows skin, even in an innocent moment, she's deemed a whore and asking for trouble. Why can't women be sexual? Why is it still a man's world? Is the belief that men are more hormonal than women a myth or a reality? Is it possible for men and women to coexist together when both are sexual beings, looking to express their sexuality?
Discuss...