I only wish I was making this up. Here are the first three sentences from a recent ABC News story:
“They’re on every college campus where sports teams succeed: groupies who want to date athletes — or at least have sex with them. At Princeton University, where the men’s lacrosse team is regularly ranked as one of the best in the nation, the women are known as “laxtitutes” or “lacrosstitutes.” Candi Arner, a Princeton freshman, said her friends knew three girls who between them had slept with nine players on the team….”
Later we learn that Princeton University coaches are advising their team members not to rape anybody. Here’s another excerpt:
“Alex, a sophomore athlete who didn’t want to give his full name or sport, said the Duke case had been discussed with his team. “Our coach has given us a huge talk about how easy it is to screw up and jeopardize the whole program for one night,” he said. “Just an accusation can ruin a whole program.”
Okay, so the two main points of the articles are: Lots of college women like to have sex with athletes; and college athletes who rape or even get accused of rape can ruin an entire athletic program. The newsworthy aspect of all this is apparently that college athletes can have sex without raping anybody. Thank you for the enlightenment, ABC News. And what Princeton student wouldn’t want to be called a “lacrosstitute” after she helpfully prevented rape by sexually servicing an athlete, right? Sheesh.
Via Feministing.
–Ann Bartow
