The unequal treatment of women at Baylor University is an ongoing issue that permeates Baylor’s culture and undermines Baylor’s mission as a Christian institution of higher learning. Not only are these issues harmful to the women on campus, but they also are an essential contradiction of Baylor’s creed: “Pro Ecclesia, Pro Texana” or “For Church, For Texas”, because it brings a bad name to both church and state. If a Christian University cannot uphold a respectful and nourishing atmosphere for women, there is truly a need for systematic change. Although Baylor University has established interpersonal violence awareness, equaled the student body and male-to-female sports ratio, and selected a woman as president, feminism at Baylor is still inadequate …show more content…
University officials took action in several ways by enforcing the universities Title IX policy, making interpersonal violence an open, honest conversation, and encouraging staff, faculty, and students to support others in speaking out if they have been a victim of interpersonal violence. These efforts were successful to an extent but, continuous pursuit in solving the problem is needed. As a student, I have not heard a university official or faculty member mention Title IX or encourage the continuation in ending interpersonal violence since it was introduced to us, Baylor freshman, the first week of school. This is a problem. We are claiming to support women, more vitally the women who have been victims of rape on campus, but we do not continue to hold the door open for this issue to be solved. I believe this could be for a few reasons: Talking about rape and violence against women can make others uncomfortable or we are not ready to place the blame on a single gender especially because they hold a higher regard at this …show more content…
Most of these student athletes are rewarded a scholarship knowing that intern they are expected to perform well in their sport. Being apart of the Big 12 conference, the football team is given a substantial amount of funding for absolutely everything each player needs, from uniform, to transportation, to living expenses. It would be unfair to condemn Baylor for strongly supporting a successful program, which brings talent, acclaim, and donations to the University. These are good things. As cited by our own OurDailyBears article, in 2015 Baylor made more than 100 million dollars in revenue from the athletic program and the largest portion of that came from the football program. That does not mean, however, that football players should be given the highest priority in the eyes of Baylor’s administration. Baylor is first and foremost an educational institution, and it is wrong for some students, especially a large group of male students, to be favored at the expense of other students who equally deserve to be here. It is outrageous that women who are paying money to attend Baylor and working as hard or harder academically than athletes (who are often given grade boosts so that they may continue to play) would be at risk from athletes. This is a huge detriment to their education, not to speak of being morally wrong. This unequal
Considering the amount of money made annually by the athletic department, one would think that the college can give the college athletes more than just a few thousand dollars in scholarship money. Students should not be left with a medical bill due to services rendered on the field of a college team, nor should they be left penniless after giving their all to a college sport. Works Cited ESPN.com. The. " College Athletics Revenue and Expenses."
...hedules the athletes had, they are still considered just a student. The NCAA cannot continue to allow these schools to work the athletes as much as they do without giving the athletes what they deserve.
A football prodigy will choose a school best fit for him regardless if he gets a bigger bid. For example, if the football prodigy had a choice to go to a school where they had a better business program because he wanted a backup plan incase he did not get drafted or there was something unfortunate to end his football career, he would choose a that school instead of a school that presented a bigger amount but did not have as a business program as the other school. In my opinion, paying those student athletes in the highest revenue earning sports will encourage them to do better in the classroom. There is an uncertain future for college athletes, very few reach the professional level and these student-athletes are sacrificing their time and bodies to reach this goal. Underclassmen are keen on making the leap to become professional athletes because the graduation rates of college athletes are not very encouraging. With no extra money for these student-athletes, they may also turn to fast (usually illegal) ways to earn money, such example may be to sell drugs. So paying student-athletes might be a way to keep these athletes eligible and safe.
Sexual Assault on campus has become an epidemic, for many different reasons but one major factor that contributes is when a sexual assault occurs on a University and nothing is done. By allowing the perpetrator to get away with his or her crime your “Okaying” them and in a way giving approval which can lead
Rape is currently on the rise on American college campuses and it is the most common committed crime among college students today. In their time in college 1 out of every 5 women and 1 out of every 71 men will experience some form of sexual harassment as reported by the National Sexual Violence Resource Center. These numbers are growing each year and have raised a lot of concern in the administrative level of higher education institutions. In an effort to try and prevent these occurrences universities have begun to implement mandatory curriculum to educate students on the subject and have even begun to hold campus wide events and create clubs to spread awareness and show support because of the repetitive nature of this crime. While it is good
The enactment of this Title has significantly changed the playing field for athletic departments through out the nation by altering their funding systems to comply with its rules. As a result, women have benefited greatly. There have been additions of female sports as well as an increase of the number of scholarships awarded to female athletes, and also a lot more funding to provide more “equitable” facilities for them. According to the NCAA Gender Equity Studies , “from 1992 to 1997 NCAA institutions have increased the number of female athletes by 5,800. But tragically during that time these colleges also eliminated 20,900 male athletes.” (Kocher p.1) This dramatic landslide has occurred because athletic departments are under pressure to rapidly increase the proportion of female athletes by whatever means necessary. As the path toward complete “equality” gradually brightens for women in college athletics, a dark path is now becoming evident. Male athletes, in a sense, are now being discriminated against because of Title IX.
The reality is that college sports programs, namely the "big name" programs such as football and basketball programs at marquee schools, are businesses that stand to make a large amount of money for their respective schools. According to an article in the Harvard Journal on Legislation, "[i]n the past twelve years, the amount of money generated by these two sports has increased nearly 300%, such that they now fund almost all other sports programs. 41 Harv. J. on Legis. 319. The student-athletes who participate in these programs are part of the reason why these schools stand to make such handsome profits: through ticket sales, endorsement deals, broadcasting deals, and jersey sales (although player names cannot be represented on jerseys), among other things.
According to U.S News the problem with “sexual assaults on campus is not something that is consigned to a region or type of school, but is a ubiquitous reality on campuses of all shapes and sizes across America. All schools are required to designate an employee as their Title IX coordinator to help oversee the schools compliance with the law” (Jarrett). Colleges are responsible for keeping the students on their campus safe. The college has a legal obligation to keep the students safe. The student is going to school there, and the college needs to be responsible for the sexual assaults that happen on college campuses. According to The White House Task Force to protect Students from Sexual Assault “urges schools to show how serious they are about sexual assaults, the task force recommends that schools examine the prevalence and incidence of sexual assaults on campus, and to assess student’s perceptions of a university’s response to sexual assault” (Share, Rachel, and Scott Coffina). Colleges have an obligation to prevent the sexual assaults that happen on their campuses. It is on the college to examine the sexual assaults that happen on their campus, but it is the college’s responsibility to do something about the sexual assaults. Colleges are responsible for protecting students on college campuses from sexual
Have you ever been encountered in a circumstance of being raped or knew an individual that was a victim of rape? Every one-hundred and seven seconds an American is sexually assaulted (RAINN). Rape has become a continuous problem causing controversy due to the way colleges cover up or simply hide incidents of rape throughout campus. More college students are also being raped by their own acquaintances rather than random strangers. Students, parents, and politicians question the way schools protect students and how their campuses can become more effective and efficient in preventing further occurrences of rape. Over the past years there has been a series of incidents where rape has been an extreme problem on college campuses in America that have been kept quiet until something traumatic happens. The prevalence of rapes on college campuses is continuing to rise due to lack of security, surveillance and awareness.
We all have the means and capability to make a change in this world for the better of sexual assault. Whether it be reporting the incident, the victim retelling his or her story to those who’ll listen, or forming groups against any mean of sexual assault. This would greatly help indeed, but take this into consideration; what will happen if such a thing were never to be done? That being the case, we would more than likely suffer in the long run for having much more campus attenders being violated and sexually assaulted. Especially for our known individuals who’re attending schools for semesters; we’re basically saying that we could care less about the wellbeing of our friends, family, and associates who are by themselves on campuses; that if they get sexually assaulted, it’ll be their own faults. In actuality, the fault will have been ours. We don’t want that, do
To date, “between 10 to 40 percent of female students [. . .] have been raped while [. . .] up to 60 percent of males students [have] commit[ed] actions that meet the legal definition of sexual assault” (Bretz 19). This percentage demonstrates the ineffectiveness of university policies and signifies a drastic change to procedures is in order if educational institutions want to see improvement. In order to see an effective change, policies must “explicitly define key terms such as “‘consent’, ‘force’ [,]‘incapacity’ and cover [a] range of sexually violent behavior” (Gunraj 9). Furthermore, since the age of fourteen 58.7% of females “ha[ve] experienced one or more forms of victimization[. . .] 35.0% ha[ve] experienced at least one completed or attempted rape and 23.5% ha[ve] been raped” (Senn et. al. Results). First-year female students are not prepared for the perpetrators they will face on campus, and as a result, are more vulnerable to sexual violence. Universities need to develop effective policies and procedures to not only prepare women for the challenges they may face but to reduce the overall number of sexual assaults and make school a safer environment for
It has been statistically proven that most people never speak up possibly because of the fear from being attacked and/or blamed for such a crime being committed against them. Unfortunately, sexism plays a tremendous role in these situations. Webster’s dictionary defines it as prejudice or discrimination based on sex; especially: discrimination against women. It was found that out of 1 in 5 female college students only 11% report their abuse. (NASPA: Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education) One can only imagine that part of this reason may arguably be because of the stigma that is placed around being sexually abused which is single handedly enforced by colleges. It may not be said verbally, but on college websites, seminars, and flyers across the nation women are automatically being held responsible and are thoroughly judged when bringing up the issue of being sexually assaulted. Two researchers, Nicole Bedra and Kristjane Nordmeyer, discovered that out of 500 prevention tips posted by colleges or universities over 80% of them targeted women and less than 14% targeted men. When gender neutral tips are only a whopping 6%, this sends off the message that men should not be held responsible for such actions. Most rape prevention techniques toss much of the burden on women and it creates
According to a statement addressing the sexual victimization of college women The Crime and Victimization in America states that, “ One out of four women will be sexually assaulted on a college campus.” This disturbing fact has not minimized throughout the years, instead it is continuing to worsen throughout college campuses. Sexual assault is not an act to be taken lightly. Society must stop pinpointing the individuals who commit these crimes one by one, but rather look at the problem as a whole and begin to understand the main cause of sexual assault and possible methods to reduce these acts of sexual coercion.
Nonetheless, it seems like they are contributing to sexual danger by allowing these individuals to do that, and simply ignoring the consequences. Going back to Heldman’s talk, she also brings up the idea the institution have a lot to do with reporting rate, and how they deal with such violent acts. However, she made it clear that institutions tend to underreport rape incidents as a way to not damage their reputations. This got me upset, because it already takes a lot to come out and describe/relive what happened and for the institution not to do anything about it makes me question if they really care about us, or if we are simply our tuition, that does not allow them to help those in need. Furthermore, exploring the topic of domestic violence and sexual harassment, in Gendering Violence: Masculinity and Power in Men’s Accounts of Domestic Violence by Kristin L. Anderson and Debra Umberson study examines the construction of gender within men’s accounts of domestic violence. This study characterizes gender as performance and how man attempt to construct their masculine identities through violence. This once again this reinforces the gender expectations that society has socialized us to believe that, one that paints men are dominant figures and
“The first, a progressive reform movement, abolished the unique procedural hurdles in rape prosecutions. That movement is now transforming the key elements of the crime: force and nonconsenting. The second reform movement, conservative in nature, increased criminal and civil punishments for rape.” It was said by “The Office for Civil Rights, Department of Education recently clarified that Title IX, which outlaws sex discrimination in education, requires colleges and universities to respond promptly and equitably to allegations of campus sexual assault.” Rape law 's over time suggests not only that we should pay more attention to sexual assault on campus everywhere, but also that we also oppose both unique procedural protections for those accused and mandatory punishments for those found