Pat Griffin’s blog about being LBGT at BYU brought up many interesting thoughts in my head that I feel are usually over looked. While Davies was a star athlete on the basketball team at BYU, which made him a public representative of the school, coming from a male dominant society, it was crazy how the media attacked him so much. I completely agree that he should be punished for his actions for violating the honor code, but I feel like the media usually tries to tell a different story when star, male athletes get into trouble.
For example, the media made Tiger Woods seem like the bad guy after his scandal became public and they were able to do that because he of his race. But with the recent Brett Favre controversy, they tried to cover up the situation and still make him seem like the all-American white male. They put more blame on the woman in the situation, which is another surprising thing I find about this story.
The only thing that is mentioned about the girl is that she was Davies’ girlfriend. Being from such an honorable school and an important figure in athletics, you’d think the media would try and take the attention off of him and place a lot of the blame on the female. However, he was the one that admitted it, therefore he was punished.
Another interesting thought that came to me while reading about BYU’s honor code is that if it was a different violation, such as Davies drank caffeine; would he still be in the same amount of trouble? Would he have been suspended from the basketball team? And would the media have even spotlighted the story as much as they have?
As far as the LBGT at BYU, I personally don’t feel that they would be treated any differently than a hetero male or female at the school. I agree that it would be hard to come out in an institution built off of those values, but as it was stated in the blog, the students know what they are committing to when they enroll at the university. Because the honor code doesn’t say anything about being straight or gay, I feel that the school is not discriminating against anyone’s needs or wants.
For example, the media made Tiger Woods seem like the bad guy after his scandal became public and they were able to do that because he of his race. But with the recent Brett Favre controversy, they tried to cover up the situation and still make him seem like the all-American white male. They put more blame on the woman in the situation, which is another surprising thing I find about this story.
The only thing that is mentioned about the girl is that she was Davies’ girlfriend. Being from such an honorable school and an important figure in athletics, you’d think the media would try and take the attention off of him and place a lot of the blame on the female. However, he was the one that admitted it, therefore he was punished.
Another interesting thought that came to me while reading about BYU’s honor code is that if it was a different violation, such as Davies drank caffeine; would he still be in the same amount of trouble? Would he have been suspended from the basketball team? And would the media have even spotlighted the story as much as they have?
As far as the LBGT at BYU, I personally don’t feel that they would be treated any differently than a hetero male or female at the school. I agree that it would be hard to come out in an institution built off of those values, but as it was stated in the blog, the students know what they are committing to when they enroll at the university. Because the honor code doesn’t say anything about being straight or gay, I feel that the school is not discriminating against anyone’s needs or wants.
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