The Hazards of Duke

For those following the now-infamous Karon Owen PowerPoint documenting her sexual escapades and partners at Duke, this is a must read. 

Is Karen Owen a modern day vision of female sexual empowerment or just an insecure woman trying to be “one of the guys” by embracing a male-sanctioned version of sexuality? I’d argue clearly the latter. 

Maybe the author just wanted to choose a funny title, but it’s unclear to me whether this had anything to do with Duke.  Is Duke actually a much douchier school than most (they certainly have gotten some well-deserved bad press), or could any school have a produced this situation?  My guess is its probably a little of both.  Judge for yourself.

-Nicole

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2011/01/the-hazards-of-duke/8328/