Role Reboot

‘Locker Room Talk,’ Donald Trump, And Jameis Winston : How Rape Culture Graduates From Boys To Men

We shouldn’t be surprised when rape culture graduates from boys to men. In 2014, then Florida State Seminoles quarterback Jameis Winston, now the starting QB for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, stood on a table in the middle of campus and yelled out: “Fuck her right in the pussy!” It was a popular stunt among men […]

When Will We Stop Excusing Domestic Violence In Professional Sports?

Is our mass desensitization to domestic and sexual violence in sports the new normal? “You know what’s interesting?” my cousin asks over a basket of nachos at our favorite Mexican restaurant. “What?” “I’ve been thinking about all the athletes accused of domestic violence,” he says. It’s September 2014 and the second Ray Rice video—the one of […]