Why?

Sweetest OU Girl said:
Read through the article below, and listen to the video.

It is still shocking every time I read something else about it. At the very end of the video, the young lady shows a letter sent to University officials - and claims she has received no response. Is that even possibly true?

http://espn.go.com/espn/otl/story/_...-adequately-providing-support-alleged-victims
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As far as ignoring her letter is concerned, I'm sure that Baylor's lawyers told them not to respond.

I'm not at all surprised that the women felt they were blamed. There is still a large percentage of people in this country that think that 'nice girls' don't get raped. Therefore, if you were raped, it must be your fault.

Unfortunately, nothing about that piece surprises me.
 
Stringmusic said:
Nothing about Baylor surprises me.
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Unfortunately, this problem isn't limited to Baylor. Would say there is an epidemic of abuse of women at colleges and in life in general which has gotten worse in the last l5 years.


And regarding football players, believe to that there is often an attitude among
some players that women are inferior and there for their benefit. One reason I do
not like football is that it breeds aggressiveness period and this can lead to
all sorts of behavioral problems. Won't even get into the brain injuries. Feel the same
way about soccer and brain injuries. More young girls are being seen for concussions than ever before.
 
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Yes, unfortunately sexual assault accusations are a nationwide epidemic. And the justice system (both for college and otherwise) are not set up to support the victim in these situations. And it definitely is not specific to Baylor. Not even a little bit. OU was affected by it with Frank Shannon recently. It's all sickening to think about. There currently isn't a solution in sight.
 
TheMont said:
Yes, unfortunately sexual assault accusations are a nationwide epidemic. And the justice system (both for college and otherwise) are not set up to support the victim in these situations. And it definitely is not specific to Baylor. Not even a little bit. OU was affected by it with Frank Shannon recently. It's all sickening to think about. There currently isn't a solution in sight.
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Hopefully, the way Shannon's case was handled will send a strong message to other players.
 
MsProudSooner said:
Hopefully, the way Shannon's case was handled will send a strong message to other players.
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I have forgotten that incident but though there are things about OU, and not just its athletic programs, which I feel need addressing I do believe that OU may be making moves in a positive direction. That is in the Bible Belt and in an environment if you look at sports boards, women in general and some in particular, are just objects of vile comments. Often the only remark regards whether they are F....able, LIKE any of these young women or women in general would want to have sex with the commenter. I truly believe in the k-12 it is getting worse. I listen to comments of 10 yo's and they are repeating what they hear everywhere. At this point, I don't think they believe what they are saying or even realize, but someday that will be their attitude because the words will begin to have meaning. I grew up in the 50's and 60's and it was not this bad. It is something we will all need to try to change in whatever way we can.

Though a soccer player should not have more validity than any student but can you imagine how the matter would be addressed.......believe the soccer coach would be involved.

Sorry, this is just so horrible and the trend is getting worse and it frustrates and saddens me.
 
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