Erin Andrews and the Cubs locker room: Discuss

Doing my best, 21, honest - but unshackling generations of horny sportswriters from their captive state of perpetual adolescence and arousal may take another post or two.

 

Why can't we be realistic enough to acknowledge that an attractive, stylishly-dressed woman entering a completely male domain like a sports locker room is a completely different dynamic than the presence of some run-of-the-mill see-him-every-day-and-pay-no-attention-to-him guy wearing shorts and a t-shirt?

 

As opposed to board shorts, flip-flops and a hangover?

 

Wow. Just.... Wow. Skank? Double-standards?

I love the middle-aged, male sports reporter.

 

Clothes make the woman in this case.
In a credentialed situation, we'd be quick to judge a fat guy with his shirt half-untucked and his gut hanging out as a slob.
Or, on the other end, a toned guy wearing a tight shirt with his shirt unbuttoned halfway as some sort of cheesy guido.

So, why when it is a women is it any different.

 

Look, I need to know if I have to get rid of all these dresses. And these breasts. What the hell do I do with these breasts? Goddamn it. Get back to me, will ya?

 

Plus, why can't women in our profession dress up notepad?

What, do they all need to wear mumu's?

Guys can look suave and whatnot, but God forbid a woman wears a dress that doesn't come to her knees?

 

Because we tend not to write accusatory columns about fat guys smelling of onions and last night's Cutty Sark binge showing their asscrack to Jeff Kent in the clubhouse.

And,

Guido? Really?

 

Awesome.

So first you called a woman a skank and now you are being racist.

You represent our profession so well.

 

This thread insults me both as a man and a journalist — I'm just not sure which one is more insulted.

 

Do you have any tracksuits? Not that Juicy stuff, either. Too snug. No. I'm talking about a double- or triple-XL in some sort of dark, heavy fabric. Like canvas, maybe. With a turtleneck. Or better still, a hood. Like a Hazmat suit. With booties. And gloves. And a ski mask. Do you have any ski masks? And dark glasses. Wraparounds.