The Duke "F@!K List"
The Siren
The Morning shows the day
By now you've probably heard about how a recent Duke grad wrote a mock Senior thesis about her sexual exploits with 13 Duke athletes, most of whom Lacrosse players.
The grad wrote pros and cons of the sexual abilities (and endowment) of her one-night stands, and then ranked them on a scale from 1 to 10.
For a university which only a few years back was in the midst of a fake rape accusation involving several Lacrosse, another sex scandal was the last thing they wanted.
But it need not be a bad thing. It could be a reflection of the strong feminism of many Duke females. After all men casually speak about their conquests with women, why so wrong if a woman does it? I don't think it's wrong at all. I admire a woman who owns her sexuality and isn't afraid to use it. There's a fine line between an easy chic and a chic who is about getting "hers".
And as for the guys caught up in this (she named them in her 42-page PowerPoint presentation alongside photos), well, it depends, if your this guy be grateful that the mainstream press is now blackening your name:
But if your this guy, you have bragging rights:
Just a final note: If the situation were reserved, everyone knows the man would be so smeared for being an alleged misogynist and so piggish about sex that he would seemingly objectify women to such a degree as to rank them in an experiment and then have the nerve to send it to his friends. The guy would be scolded left and right!
And maybe he should. It's not cool to debase women, if you truly love them you'll respect them.But it is fair that situations like this are treated differently: a women doing this to men is harming them. After all they got sex. But a man doing this to women may cause some actual damage to reputation and self-esteem. Many women would be mortified to see such a report on their sex life. But men would either cheer to just dismiss it. It's just not a big deal for the latter. So the judging needs to be sex-selective.
Anyway, the entire "thesis" may be read here and a major publisher has expressed interest in a book:
"I'm an editor at HarperCollins publishers, where I specialize in pop culture and entertainment books. I'm intrigued and entertained by [the writer]'s PowerPoint "f*ck list," which is making the rounds online and am wondering if you could give me her email address or forward my note of interest to her. Even though I'm sure she's horrified that her, uh, presentation, which was intended for a small group of friends, has gone viral, she's a very good, funny writer, and I'm wondering if she has any interest in writing a book. She's like the female equivalent of Tucker Max, and I admire his sense of self-empowerment!"
Apparently even a Hollywood producer has tired to contact the chic. The film shall be called "The F@ck List".
