Outrage on WVU Campus Over New Frat Shirts - "We Haven't Seen Your Girl Wrestle, But We've Seen Her Box"

ThedaOnline - The Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity unveiled its T-shirts this week in the midst of West Virginia University officials calling for a “culture change.”

The tees showcase a scantily-clad woman with the fraternity’s letters printed on large, caricature breasts.

“We haven’t seen your girl wrestle, but we’ve seen her BOX,” the shirt reads.

“It’s very subtle,” said Nic Conley, president of the fraternity. “We’re funny guys.”

…

I don’t get it. What’s wrong with boxing? Is that the new hot topic on college campuses lately or something? Maybe something to do with concussions and brain trauma in the sport – I know, I just read League of Denial last week. It’s called Pugilistic Dementia, really scary stuff. Messes your brain all up. I agree, not something we want to be promoting among kids in an academic setting.

Ohhhh wait…you’re insinuating they’re talking about vagina? What the fuck? What kind of dirty minds do you creeps in the administration have?

First the Dean –

“If that’s how it works, then that’s how it works,” said Dean of Students Corey Farris about the process. “It’s disappointing, and it certainly describes what they think of women and their respect for women.”

Didn’t realize it’s disrespectful to admire a woman athlete, guess I better shred up my Ronda Rousey fathead. I guess Dean Farris likes his women in the kitchen making sandwiches instead of in sports arenas.

And the Director of Women’s and Gender Studies –

“I was offended (when I saw the shirt),” said Jennifer Orlikoff, director of WVU’s Center for Women’s and Gender Studies. “I was very disappointed. Given all of the initiatives in place to change the culture… I was really hopeful that we’ve turned a corner and that things were going to get better. This is just a slap in the face. It’s so disappointing that this is going on.”

There we go, how about someone else from the department? –

Others in the Center for Women’s and Gender Studies, like Teresa Pershing, aren’t as surprised by the tees or that a fraternity created them.

“I think this is an indication that it’s more of the same and that it’s a (top down) change,” Pershing, a WVU lecturer, said.

The shirt pairs sex and violence, a combination Pershing believes to be especially dangerous. She talks with students in her class about rape on college campuses and how fraternities in particular breed a cultural narrative.

So either you’re sexist and think women don’t belong in boxing or you saw this shirt and immediately thought of pussy like some sort of sexual pervert. And you say fraternities are the ones with a problem?

Alright whatever, guess it’s time for the frat president to cave to the PC pressure and cancel the shirt production and issue an immediate apology.

“It’s very subtle,” said Nic Conley, president of the fraternity. “We’re funny guys.”

Conley, on the other hand, sees nothing wrong with the design.

“A kid can walk down the street and wear a shirt that says, ‘Eat Sh– Pitt,’” Conley said. “Any person can order a shirt. It’s just a shirt.”

Conley genuinely did not believe the shirts to be sexist or offensive and did not understand why some people thought they were.

“I don’t understand why they’re letting it affect them,” he said.

For now, Conley’s fraternity is sticking with the tees. Conley’s goal for recruitment season is simple: “We made the best impression on campus we could.”

Mic drop.

[h/t Alex Buscemi]