Strange Things that Make Me Happy
July 21, 2009
So I checked out Yahoo!’s news this morning, and came across this blog post: Assault on Erin Andrews’ Privacy Scay for All Female Journalists.
The long and short of it is that some ass took video of a female sports journalist through her door peephole when she was naked, and then posted it on the internet.
Here was the best part of the article:
That sort of attention wouldn’t keep most women from working in sports. Sexual assault — and, make no mistake, Andrews was assaulted — will. Voyeurism isn’t “boys will be boys,” or realizing that men are ogling your (clothed) picture. Voyeurism is about taking safety and security from a victim in a place they should feel comfortable.
Emphasis mine. The fact of the matter is, this article about a well-known female sports journalist tells you straight out that voyeurism is serious, it explains why, AND it was featured on the front page of Yahoo!. That’s encouraging.
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