Tigermike 3,035 Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 I don't have a link for this, it was in the Birmingham News this morning. NOW asks for Joe Pa's resignation State women's group upset by Paterno comments, asks him to resignJanuary 8, 2006 STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) -- A leader from the women's rights group NOW has asked Joe Paterno to resign over comments the Penn State football coach made about an alleged sexual assault. Joanne Tosti-Vasey, president of the National Organization for Women in Pennsylvania, said Sunday that she was "appalled" by Paterno's comments last week and that they represent an institutional insensitivity that endangers women. Paterno's remarks came a day before the Orange Bowl, when a reporter asked about Florida State linebacker A.J. Nicholson, who was accused of sexual assault and sent home before Tuesday's game. Paterno replied by talking about past suspensions of Penn State players. He then added: "There's some tough -- there's so many people gravitating to these kids. He may not have even known what he was getting into, Nicholson. They knock on the door; somebody may knock on the door; a cute girl knocks on the door. What do you do?" "Geez. I hope -- thank God they don't knock on my door because I'd refer them to a couple of other rooms," Paterno continued. "But that's too bad. You hate to see that. I really do. You like to see a kid end up his football career. He's a heck of a football player, by the way; he's a really good football player. And it's just too bad." Tosti-Vasey issued a news release calling for Paterno to apologize and step down from the post he has held for 40 years. She sent an e-mail to Paterno and the university president the next day, but said Sunday she has not heard back from either. "Allegations of sexual assault should never be taken lightly," the statement reads. "Making light of sexual assault sends the message that rape is something to be expected and accepted." Penn State spokesman Bill Mahon said Sunday that Paterno's comments were taken out of context. A spokeswoman at the NOW headquarters in Washington said the organization's president, Kim Gandy, supports the call for Paterno's resignation. Guido D'Elia, communications director for Penn State football, said Paterno made his remarks in the larger context of distractions in the bowl-game environment. Nor, he said, did Paterno intend to make light of the assault allegations. "I think if you were present, you understood he meant no malice," D'Elia said Saturday. "If you heard his tone, he really thought it was too bad for everybody. He was concerned for everybody." No charges have been filed against Nicholson, although police in Florida said the matter remains open. Tosti-Vasey said Sunday that Paterno's comments are the latest in a series of insensitive actions by the university's athletic department. The Pennsylvania NOW branch criticized the university in 2003 after a football player accused of sexual assault was allowed to play in a bowl game. Last year, former Penn State women's basketball player Jennifer Harris started a discrimination complaint against coach Rene Portland, claiming that she was harassed by the coach to change her appearance because she was not "feminine enough." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger in Spain 0 Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 Feminists....aren't they cute Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarTim 3,456 Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 I agree with the theory that the feminist movement was created to give ugly women an opportunity to get tv air time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abrnfanatc 6 Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 While you are at it Joanne, please call for the resignation of anyone who uses a hyphenated name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LegalEagle 22 Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 Yeah, Joe Pa's right. There's nothing worse than all those cute, scantily clad gals knockin' on my door at all hours of the day and night. Why if I had a nickel for every gal like that who's been scratchin' at my door, I'd be within five cents of having enough money to buy a five cent cigar! - I can't even get Domino's Pizza to send a delivery gal over! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saniflush 0 Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 At the risk of coming across as the charter member of the he-man woman haters club I will refrain from saying anything and just post this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigermike 3,035 Posted January 9, 2006 Author Share Posted January 9, 2006 Does that picture of Teresa Kerry remind anyone else of Linda Blair in The Exorcist? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saniflush 0 Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 Does that picture of Teresa Kerry remind anyone else of Linda Blair in The Exorcist? 210050[/snapback] Yes sir...yes sir it does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shug2003 1 Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 Those are the kind of women you wouldn't want to bed anyway.....according to George Carlin.....hehehhehe Seriously, get a job.,.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukeduke 8 Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 Does that picture of Teresa Kerry remind anyone else of Linda Blair in The Exorcist? 210050[/snapback] I don't know about that, but Hillary Clinton gets me hot..........wait, where's the backspace key. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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