A Weekly Video Blog for Northeastern University's Director of Athletics, Peter Roby.
Thursday, February 16, 2012
In the ninth installment of his weekly video blog, Northeastern athletic director Peter Roby congratulates the women's ice hockey team on its recent Beanpot championship. The Huskies captured their 15th Beanpot title with a thrilling come-from-behind overtime victory against rival Boston University.
Roby then delivers a strong rebuke to Barstool Sports for its response to Northeastern students regarding Barstool's Blackout Tour and its dangerous objectification of women. He talks about the recent tour stop in Boston and commends the Northeastern students who took an active role in speaking out against the tour. He addresses the reaction by Barstool and its followers to the protests, saying they demonized many of the student activists and that "there's a precedent for demonizing people who don't agree with you, and it never results in good things for our society."
Roby stresses the importance of understanding the link between the types of messages perpetrated by Barstool and the resulting psychological and physical abuse against women. "It's something that many of us who understand the things that contribute to men's violence against women take very seriously," he cautions. "All of us that have women in our lives that we care deeply about should be offended."
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