"You know man, I think you put women reporters in the locker room in positions to see guys walking around naked, and you sit in the locker room with 53 guys, and all of the sudden you see a nice woman in the locker room, I think men are gonna tend to turn and look and want to say something to that woman. For the woman, I think they make it so much that you can't interact and you can't be involved with athletes, you can't talk to these guys, you can't interact with these guys.
And I mean, you put a woman and you give her a choice of 53 athletes, somebody got to be appealing to her. You know, somebody got to spark her interest, or she's gonna want somebody. I don't know what kind of woman won't, if you get to go and look at 53 men's packages. And you're just sitting here, saying 'Oh, none of this is attractive to me.' I know you're doing a job, but at the same time, the same way I'm gonna cut my eye if I see somebody worth talking to, I'm sure they do the same thing."
- Washington Redskins running back Clinton Portis
“All I can do is LOL at the jets Female Reporter! She walks into a locker room full of men and think someone not gonna say nothing LMFAO!!!”
“I don’t know what was said to her or whatever but u just have to know u going into a TEAM LOCKEROOM, and if its that serious WOMEN STAY OUT!”
- Arizona Cardinals defensive lineman Darnell Dockett via Twitter
"If you come into the NFL dressed the way that she is dressed you are just asking for it. I think she brings it upon herself. I don't know how you let her on a practice field (looking like that)."
"Listen, these are painted on jeans. She's got a shirt that is just glued to her body. If you want her to walk up there and do an interview with Mark Sanchez, put her in a room with Mark Sanchez. Don't take her through the locker room."
- FOX NFL analyst Brian Baldinger
Surprisingly, Brian Baldinger, Clinton Portis and Darnell Dockett represent a small sampling of men all across the country that firmly hold the opinion Mexican television reporter Inés Sainz got exactly what she deserved when she attended a New York Jets practice and, subsequently, entered the team locker room to conduct an interview with quarterback Mark Sanchez.
This controversial stance stems from the argument that Sainz, who is an extremely attractive and curvaceous woman by all accounts, was dressed inappropriately for the assignment and is more style than substance when it comes to her journalistic integrity.
So although Sainz was dispatched by Mexico’s TV Azteca to the Jets’ practice facility in Florham Park, New Jersey and was credentialed by the team to conduct the interview with Sanchez, there is a widespread view among men that she didn’t belong on the field and in the locker room due to her attire, which consisted of a form-fitting white blouse and tight blue jeans, and, as a result, Sainz should have expected the treatment she received.
Interestingly, this begs the question would these opinions be held as firmly when the following scenario is taken into consideration:
One night, a young woman, with a reputation for being promiscuous, goes to a seedy bar and becomes extremely intoxicated. With the jukebox playing, the woman does a provocative dance and begins flirting with a male patron in the bar's back room.
The man, who is also drunk, picks the woman up, lays her down on top of a pool table, and begins to assault her. The other men present in the back room encourage the assailant and, when he’s finished, two more men take their turns assaulting the woman. Finally, she escapes and runs weeping out onto the highway, crying for help.
The aforementioned scenario is a brief synopsis of a 1988 film called The Accused starring Jodie Foster and Kelly McGillis, which was based on a true story.
Did the woman get what she deserved because of a combination of how she was labeled, the way she dressed and the way she conducted herself?
Although it’s a huge leap from verbal abuse to physical abuse/rape, the basic premise is the same; men holding to the belief that talking to and treating a woman in a disrespectful fashion is justified based on the way they act and/or dress.
Is this how men really feel in the 21st century; men who are brothers, husbands and fathers to women who could be easily on the receiving end of this type of treatment? If so, this is a sad commentary on how far the gender has come in their attitude toward women.
However, there remains hope that change can be effected; but it must come from within before it can be manifested without.
Inés Sainz is merely a product of a game that, justly and unjustly, rewards the most attractive women with screen time. Therefore, the accusatory fingers should be pointed at the system as a whole rather than its individual moving pieces.
More importantly though, these women should not be judged and treated by the appearance that belies their true character and they deserve the dignity and respect that is so easily afforded to their male contemporaries.
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Is This How Men Really Feel About The Inés Sainz-NY Jets saga?
