Mark: ok so you've heard about this Ines Sainz "controversy" right me: don't think so Mark: she's a "sports reporter" for some mexican tv station Mark: and there's all this brouhaha because she was covering a jets practice and some of the dudes leered at her me: I see me: are we going to war with Mexico then? Mark: something like that Mark: i really hate convservatives Mark: but then something like this Ines Sainz thing errupts Mark: and i really what pussy losers liberals are me: yep Mark: they're all acting outrages because people (accurately!) me: post something on Daily Kos me: it'll be fun Mark: note that if you show up to an nfl lockerroom Mark: in a miniskirt Mark: and a tube top me: NO IT'S RAPE Mark: the guys might sort of maybe get the idea Mark: that you're not there for intellectual pursuits Mark: which, of course, is SEXISM me: they should have made that locker room a safe place for women Mark: exactly Mark: no judgements Mark: i mean for christ's sake she's a former swimsuit model Mark: do we reeally have to pretend that she got her job based on her nard-nosed reporting, in depth research, and melifluous prose???? Mark: she's hot as balls, that's why she gets interviews me: if you're hitting on her you do Mark: the whole thing is just one big farce Mark: first of all there's no such thing as sports "journalism" me: HOW DARE YOU Mark: there's team news releases thinly disguised as independant reporting Mark: and various kinds of psychophantry Mark: and all sorts of fact-free bloviating about "leadership" and "toughness" Mark: it's just like political journalism, only more openly farcical me: LEAVE POLITICAL JOURNALISM OUT OF THIS IT IS CURRENTLY PERFECT Mark: I really almost blew a gasket when I read Atrios tweeting about this thing Mark: mocking the idea that "she deserved it" Mark: you know what, if you come into an NFL lockerroom Mark: dressed like a tramp Mark: yeah, you probably do deserve some cat calling Mark: what the hell did you expect? me: she's used to Mexico where that never happens Mark: you'r enot dealing with the MIT astrophysics department, you're dealing with a bunch of guys who can't read and whose job is, basically, to smash people Mark: and we're supposed to be SHOCKED that an environment is just the tiniest bit sexist? Mark: and then have to go through all the motions of pretending that we're going to change it?