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Ohio Joe

(21,755 posts)
Sat Apr 19, 2014, 09:40 AM Apr 2014

What rape culture?

Why did Penn State hire the president of football-rape-probe-cover-up U?

So, Penn State University, you're going to have to fix your reputation. And the best path to that fresh start will be hiring a new president.

Do you...

a) Do you pluck someone else from the current administration (as was done in 2011 when the scandal first broke)?

b) Think outside the box and not only go outside Happy Valley, but bring in someone with a national reputation as a crusader on child sex-abuse issues, or at least a crusader? Maybe go crazy, and hire a woman president, even?

c) Hire a guy from outside who has a long history with Penn State -- a guy running a university that''s just been embroiled in a controversy over (wait for it) a sexual-abuse allegation against the star of its football team, which just won the national championship.

http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/attytood/Why-did-Penn-State-hire-the-president-of-Football-Rape-Coverup-U.html

Do I need to tell you which option they took?

Is anyone surprised?

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What rape culture? (Original Post) Ohio Joe Apr 2014 OP
Nope, not suprised. boston bean Apr 2014 #1
I'm not surprised. chervilant Apr 2014 #2
Same as the poster above. CFLDem Apr 2014 #3

chervilant

(8,267 posts)
2. I'm not surprised.
Sat Apr 19, 2014, 09:49 AM
Apr 2014

Dismayed, actually. For every step forward -- hard won by feminists of both genders -- the patriarchal sycophants push us fifty steps back.

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