(Lisa Poole/Associated Press)Harvard has canceled the remainder of its men’s soccer season due to what the university has described as continued production of sexually explicit “scouting reports” by players, which graded recruits of the women’s soccer team based on their appearance, according to the school’s newspaper, the Harvard Crimson. The practice of creating these reports dates back to a July 2012 email string created by members of the men’s team. The reports rate incoming women’s soccer recruits on a numerical scale based on their sex appeal. In a statement, he said the decision to cancel the rest of this season stems partly from the fact that the reports continued into this year. [Harvard soccer team member’s sexually explicit ‘scouting report’ ranked female players]“We strongly believe that this immediate and significant action is absolutely necessary if we are to create an environment of mutual support, respect and trust among our students and our teams,” Scalise added.
Source: Washington Post November 04, 2016 01:07 UTC