d the women are too." All to often a statement such as this can lead to anger. When asked how this made the women in the group feel most of them said that it was just a stupid saying. But is it? Is this something that people just say? When we looked at the way things were here at Springfield College we found many things very interesting. Are things here really that good? Many women who are here still feel like they have to fit a certain image to fit in here. But do these feelings only go one way? Nearly all of the men in the group said that they felt like they also had an image to live up to. Women at SC see themselves as having to fulfill the image of tall, skinny, and athletic. An over lying theme in the focus group seemed to be stereotypes. I sat back a listened to all of the women talk about what the stereotypical SC girl looks like. I watched as they all compared themselves to that image. However many of them said that there isn't really a big problem with gender on campus. They all told their stories of things that had happened to them and things that they had individually felt. Many girls told of the lack of support from campus police in the escort service. That they were told that they were abusing the power and that they just wanted a "free ride," unless I am mistaken, I thought that is what an escort service was designed for a free ride across campus. A ride to replace a long walk across campus at night. Other stereotypes that are conveyed on this campus have to do with gay/lesbian issues. The specific issue with which I am sure we all know about is with the softball team. The general assumption that goes around this campus is that if you play softball then you must be lesbian. These are the stereotypes that must be broken if we are ever to have a truly equal campus. Men on the other hand have completely different issues with gender equity and justice. On this campus the consensus is that men, particularly athletes, get whatever it is that they so desire. It is that men have it so easy and get all the breaks. We have found through our group that this is not the case. One statistic that was given to us by a football player in our group was that 40, what are now seniors, came in as freshman and there are only 10 left on the team, 25 of which have been kicked out for academic reasons. On a campus where it is believed to be so heavily favoring in male favor, it seems to us that they get it just as bad. We were also told that they feel like they have to fit the stereotype of

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