For those not familiar with the story, Ines Sainz, a sports reporter with TV Azteca, was at the New York Jets facility last weekend to interview quarterback Mark Sanchez. Reportedly, Sainz was “bombarded with catcalls and boorish antics” by some New York Jets players. Afterwards, Sainz stated that she felt “uncomfortable” in the team’s locker room. Next came the politically correct NFL as well as liberal media to her aid painting her as a victim. Let me be clear that I am certainly not endorsing boorish behavior, but even though Sainz was in no way bumped or touched by anyone on the Jets football team, all 32 teams must now be subject to training on “proper conduct in the workplace.” And the liberal media was more than happy to give her a forum to describe her “grievance” to the public. There’s just one problem here. Sainz, who is considered to be one of the sexiest female sports reporters, is known for this precisely because she dresses highly provocatively in the workplace (which just happens to partially consist of locker rooms), and even poses for racy photos that can be found easily on the internet. Yet the liberal media doesn’t see any provocation here, just as it sees no provocation from Imam Abdul Rauf who wants to build a mosque at Ground Zero.
When a woman such as Sainz dresses in the manner that she does (her prerogative), there is no question that she is doing this because she wants to be noticed, and it is only natural that in a room full of testosterone-laden football players she would be noticed (something to which she claims to be naïve, but I think we all know if you’re old enough to know that added cleavage can be a boon to your career, then you’re also old enough to know that the audience demanding it are a lot like the guys found in locker rooms). The problem, as I see it, is that when it comes to workplace professionalism, Sainz was not dressed in a professional manner for the type of work she does, but it is not politically correct to ask her to dress modestly in a football team’s locker room which is her workplace. Given this, I see nothing wrong with a group of men noticing the assets she went out of her way to display, since the express purpose of dressing the way she did was to get noticed. Now the Jets players have to go to workplace conduct training, while she gets to make the circuit on every liberal talk show that will have her to hear her story. The NFL will just have to satisfy itself with putting out a politically correct statement that its players participated in “unprofessional conduct” and do some form of penance through ridiculous sensitivity training.
The reason I’m blogging on this issue is because this situation simply demonstrates what I believe is the feminization of our culture as well as the double standards it promotes. Men just can’t be men any longer, but have to be what society tells them they should be. Had these Jets players groped, touch, or approached Sainz in any physical manner, then I expect we would all have a problem with such behavior, for which the penalties should be serious. But that is not what happened, and I don’t believe the Jets or the NFL have anything to apologize for, as Sainz had a role in this situation through her manner of dress, eliciting a vocal reaction from several players who acted naturally to the manner in which she was dressed. In other words, this shouldn’t have been an issue, and if the players are to be taken to task for their unprofessional conduct, then this should apply equally to Sainz. Somehow I believe that Sainz will be given a pass without any of her values being called into question, while all NFL players will be chided for the few players that were simply being the men they were and being vocal about it.
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