Nm. I thought that was a reference to my post.
Bullshit. These are college girls, not Stormy Daniels.
I’m not making this argument. I’m suggesting that this is the reading of Dinsdale’s argument that supports the idea that he’s blaming the victim. And I think it’s a reasonable reading of what he said, though it may not be what he meant.
Whew!
Except that, apparently, that part wasn’t her choice.
Always interesting to seek others’ opinions around here. 
After reading some responses, I asked my wife if there was an element of sexuality in female cheerleading. Her lengthy response began “Absolutely!” Glad I was able to find an equally misogynist woman to marry all those years ago.
I think several posters overlaid their agendas on my words. I’m not sure how my words
can be so misinterpreted. I also found the complainants characterization of the outfits as “skimpy” and her resistance to focus on appearance, as I thought those were pretty much part and parcel of the gig. Any “take” that she was “asking for it” exceeds what I wrote or thought.
And I am dubious of the alleged damages. I guess it is possible that harassment of the type described would cause someone to do poorly on the LSAT. She apparently had enough smarts to get into NW.
I doubt it is quite as black an white as many folk here see it. Of course, I have the disadvantage of daily being in the situations where people allege all manner of things in legal proceedings, not all of which are clearly true.
Turns out one of our intended guests isn’t feeling well, so I won’t get their perspective today.
Just a suggestion, if you think someone’s attitude needs adjusting, you might consider an approach short of direct insults. But do/say what you wish.
Now ask your wife if this makes it okay for alumni to grope them.
I don’t have to. Of course it isn’t, and it is really ridiculous that anyone would suggest I felt otherwise.
Or even have to smile when someone says “Nice tits, are they real?”
You are responding to a claim that she was verbally and physically harassed by saying that such a claim is on its face ridiculous because their job is to wear skimpy outfits and shake their hips suggestively for the titillation of millions.
That question is disingenuous at best.
And even if it is to be taken at face value having an “element of sexuality” in cheerleading should not mean that the college should have the right to pimp them out on and off the field for four years.
Probably because the very next word you wrote was “but,” and then you proceeded to, you know, victim blame.
So she was suing over the uniform requirements? My take is she was suing because she was required, at risk of losing her scholarship to fraternize with fans and alumni at tailgates and private events. And when she experienced sexual harassment at these events and reported it to the university authorities she was ignored.
Did you just ask your wife this, or did you give the same context?
Does she feel as though this lawsuit has merit, or did she dismiss the plaintiff’s complaints as cavalierly as you do?
(Make sure you exercise proper social distancing.)
I am curious why the OP did not write the name out and just wrote NW instead? Why not write the full name? It gets annoying that folks on the SDMB keep doing this.
Chicago area poster probably didn’t realize Northwestern is not a household name in other parts of the country/world.
Eh, to be fair, I figured it was probably stood for North Western.
That still didn’t tell me North Western what.
And if you told me that it was North Western Illinois, I would have assumed it was on the western side of it, not the eastern.
NW is an institution of higher learning
I’m curious why your post is preoccupied with acronyms that are freely revealed in the link.
So now that you’re curiosity is satisfied what else have you to say about the OP?
It doesn’t matter if pro football cheerleading has an element of sexuality about it - women should be able to work a job that has a sexuality aspect without being whored out to have horny businessmen and athletes ogle and grope them outside of the work.
Lots of dance has a sexuality aspect to it. Shoild a professional salsa dancer have to wear her skimpy dance outfits to receptions so the men can get nice and close and personal?
Sorry, I thought you were speaking in your own voice.