Comments on: Teens charged in football team sodomy hazing

By: Jeff H

Jeff H — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 19:11:21 +0000

I agree with you, nick. This is not about sexual desire, repressed or not. Rape is never about sexual desire or sexual orientation. Rape is the violent abuse of power. These older players were in a position of power and dominance (not matter how slight) over the younger players.

By: nick

nick — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 18:45:02 +0000

Just so you all know this has nothing to do with “represed homosexual feelings and emotions”. This is purely a sick and twisted group of teens who are physically violating and threatining other young, impressionable teens. If I was the parent to any of those boys who were violated I would be looking for blood.

By: Ophidimancer

Ophidimancer — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 04:02:30 +0000

It’s an issue of gender and sexuality. Yes, it’s an issue of gender and sexuality in a power and dominance situation, but it’s still a topic of study for readers of a website about gender, sexuality, and society, in my opinion.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 03:29:09 +0000

I fail to see how this has anything to do with the GLBTI community?!

By: Juan

Juan — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 04:38:03 +0000

What the heck? kids raping each others with broomsticks?? its a bit funny to imagine but in reality its horrible… AND IM SURE that someone along the line will say that homosexuality had something to do with this taking place. I’ll bet $50 on that!

By: Morgan

Morgan — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 01:02:18 +0000

Just a sign of our society losing its knowledge of right from wrong starting with the kids. The kids are not be taught by their parents, relatives, teachers and other adults close to them right from wrong and do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

like not bullying and not violating by physical injury or physical abuse in any way, shape and form the persons of sepecially those not able to defend themselves.

By: Darren Mitton

Darren Mitton — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 20:58:06 +0000

Heterosexuals violently raping each other with broomsticks is considered OK, but a loving, nurturing gay-marriage is considered wrong…..

Um, Ok.

Somewhere people have SEVERELY lost touch with reality.

By: Sarrellec

Sarrellec — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 15:27:49 +0000

Does it seem obvious to anyone else that a charismatic “leader” type amongst these boys was sexually abused? Or is an extreme example of what happens when a young gay man is forced to repress his natural desires and believes that consensual sodomy is evil, and therefore, so is he? That his desires alone make him so reprehensible that the only way he can manage the inner conflict is to become sexually violent with other males?
So many freakin’ problems caused by religious freaks imposing themselves into the lives of others whose actions have absolutely no effect on their lives one way or the other EXCEPT to produce conflicted young men who become monsters DUE TO THE RELIGIOUS FREAKS’ IMPOSITION.
If that young man had never gotten the message that sodomy was evil or psychologically detrimental or a form of physical punishment, as invoked by the religious freaks, then this and other sodomy as punishment rapes–remember the NY cops and the nightstick?–would simply not occur in this context.
Not to say rape itself would disappear…it wouldn’t. But “taking it like a man” as a social humiliation simply wouldn’t exist.
Isn’t religion wonderful?

By: Denise Nichols

Denise Nichols — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 12:14:57 +0000

Wow!! I find it fasinating that “straight” boys would tell team mates that they had to accept being raped with a broomstick up the rectum by “taking it like a man”!!!! OMG! My head almost exploded with the implacations of that statement!!I read it out to my girlfriend but she just growled over her coffee in that early morning “too early to think” grumble.Is it just me?Just seems very strange.
hmmmmmmmmmmm……..

By: Scott

Scott — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 08:55:05 +0000

it’s a synonym when the catcher isn’t a willing party, but you’re right; the word sodomy shouldnt be used as a description of charges. This all boils down to people not being willing to take responsibility for raising violent monsters instead of open minded children. Just like the gay school proposed in chicago-weak. instead of making places for our children to hide, we should be making sure that all children are if not sensitive, at least terrified to violate others in school. Only then will the problem begin to ease.