Mar 10, 2008 17:58
You know I have been following this story in the news for a while, and I think all the critics at harvard need to shove their heads up their asses and shut up.
If you don't know what I'm talking about, one of the gyms at Harvard recently introduced "womens only" hours after 6 Muslim women asked if it would be possible for hours to be set aside where they could exercize without men around so that they could dress comfortably.
An official spokesman at harvard said that "this is america and they need to assimilate."
I don't see what the big idea is. Plenty of gyms exist that have womens only hours, rooms, or crap gyms themselves. I think what the big huff is about is the fact that it was 6 Muslim women who requested it. If it had been a bunch of Harvard cheerleaders saying they wanted hours because they were sick of guys staring at their tits as they ran there would be no problem with it, but since it is Muslims who requested it, this whole thing has turned into a giant media service.
I bet you that those hours are going to become incredibly popular at the gym, and these critics are going to have to take it all back.
I don't know why it makes me so mad, maybe because it's so blatantly racist. or maybe I'm just so bored I have nothing to bitch about, but still.