[QUOTE]IOWA CITY, Iowa — A University of Iowa professor who donned a robot costume to heckle Bill Clinton and Michele Bachmann has now set his sights on one of his school’s famous quirks: the visiting team’s pink locker room at Kinnick Stadium.
Kembrew McLeod is organizing what he jokingly calls a “Million Robot March” to coincide with an annual celebration Friday honoring legendary Iowa football coach Hayden Fry, who had the opposing team’s locker room painted pink in 1979. McLeod wants the school to ditch the pink, which he says amounts to a school-sanctioned taunt that exudes homophobia and sexism.
Fry has said pink is a calming color meant to make Hawkeyes’ opponents passive. But he also noted in his biography that it was the color of little girls’ bedrooms and some considered it for sissies. The tactic has rattled some opposing coaches, with the late University of Michigan coach Bo Schembechler having student managers put white paper over the walls.
The paint became part of Hawkeye lore. A 2005 renovation added pink across brick walls and shower floors and installed pink metal lockers, carpeting, sinks, showers and urinals.
Many opposing players have shrugged off the color, with Michigan quarterback Devin Gardner recently calling it the best locker room in the conference because of its spaciousness.
Some feminists, lawyers, gay rights activists and editorial boards have criticized the gimmick over the past decade. But previous protests, including a longstanding threat of a discrimination lawsuit, haven’t changed anything.
Fans have generally opposed the various efforts to get the color changed, saying it’s a tradition that isn’t meant to be a gender-based putdown.
McLeod, a communications studies professor, hopes his absurd approach will draw attention to the issue. He said people dressed as robots will meet on top of a hotel parking garage, and then march through FryFest, an annual event that draws up to 20,000 Hawkeye fans. They plan to hold signs and chant slogans such as, “Binary code yes! Gender binaries no!” and “Delete the pink locker rooms!”[/QUOTE]
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Well it will actually effect them psychologically. It is as "unsporting" and offensive, as the home team smashing their chests to look tough. Deal with it.
How to create a mess of a situation:
You're gonna need a bunch of idiots, and the color pink.
[quote]that isn’t meant to be a gender-based putdown.[/quote]
Hahhahahaha who in their right mind would actually think that? The only reason you'd make that claim is to try and defend yourself from lawsuits, but anyone can clearly see that it's meant to taunt the opposing team.
Mcleod could fuck right off. As and Iowa fan I've always liked that the opponent's locker room is pink. Fry is the only reason anybody gives a shit about University of Iowa in the first place.
Pink is the opposite if a calming colour. Blue is a calming colour.
Warm colours are active cool colours are calming. This is pretty basic knowledge
Sports psychology. Love it. I'd recommend everyone take a class on it.
But pink is the manliest color possible. Someone who doesn't want to be near the color pink clearly isn't manly enough to handle it.
they should just paint the home team's locker room pink as well. or an even girlier colour. like polka dots where the polka dots are flowers.
that way not only are they poking fun at the other team via gendered and sexualized connotations, they're actually showing that being "girly" ain't a problem at all and is something to be cherished
if they cherish the color that much, they can cherish it in their own team's locker room. don't try to hide behind some bullshit "tradition" lmao
I looked up images of it, and honestly, it doesn't make me think "feminine" or "girly".
It feels more like a shade one of my grandmothers, a doctor's office, or a business would have chosen because it's not bright and flashy, but rather creamier and calming (if that makes any sense to you guys). I can see how it would bring the opposing team's mood down from a "pumped up" state.
And honestly, with the amount of times I see "manly men" wearing pink shirts every single day, I don't it being "pink" is as much of a problem as it is that:
A) EVERYTHING is the same color (or not varying much, regardless of color used).
B) The particular shade is a calming one, negating the effects of "pep talks".
I think the same psychological effect would be achieved with the same shade of almost any other color there is. While when it was originally implemented, it was probably seen as humiliating because it was "feminine", I think nowadays, that's pretty much a non-issue for anyone older than 5.
Since when has pink been associated with homosexuality? I always thought it was the whole rainbow that was associated with it.
so technically both teams locker rooms are pretty gay :v:
[QUOTE=Rhenae;45837359]Pink is the opposite if a calming colour. Blue is a calming colour.
Warm colours are active cool colours are calming. This is pretty basic knowledge[/QUOTE]
pink is actually calming
[URL]http://psychology.about.com/od/sensationandperception/a/color_pink.htm[/URL]
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[URL]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baker-Miller_Pink[/URL]
[url]http://www.therapycolor.com/BakerMillerPink/[/url]
Take it a step further. With flowers painted on the walls and floral scents lulling their opponents into a soothing defeat.
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