Thursday, October 25, 2012

Blog #9 Principal reports high schoolers' 'Fantasy Slut League'


Michael Martinez wrote this article on October 23. “In Los Angeles a high school boys in a California town overlooking San Francisco Bay started a "Fantasy Slut League" targeting girls.” (Martinez, “Slut”). Almost all of the female students are drafted into it so that they can be part of the “football” league. What happens is that when girls get inducted; the male students “earn points for documented engagement in sexual activities with female students. Participation often involved pressure/manipulation by older students that includes alcohol to impair judgment/control and social demands to be popular.” (Martinez, “Slut”). What the high school is now trying to do is raise awareness for the parents and community. “We wanted to communicate to families to encourage a dialogue and to inform parents of what we as a school community are doing to proactively address activities that are detrimental to the culture we want for our students.” (Martinez, “Slut”). What the school is also trying to teach to those male students who created this league is that “to make good choices and to treat each other with respect and dignity.” (Martinez, “Slut”).

            This article ties into education because it happened at a high school in the United States, even though its not global news. What I don’t understand is that what I remember correctly is that in high school, in order to create a new club, you had to get school administers approval for it to be allowed, and I’m wondering how the Slut League managed to slip past those guidelines? This is really ridiculous that this happened and extremely degrading towards females. The conclusion of this is that students need to be more involved with their studies and be better managed. That’s all what I have to say about it.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/23/us/california-fantasy-slut-league-school/index.html?npt=NP1

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