Embry-Riddle Analysis

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I am writing you with my concerns about a campuswide attitude that is ignored, even encouraged by Embry-Riddle. I hope to raise awareness about the experiences that I have had, as a female, on campus this year. As a female, I do not feel welcome at this university. Embry-Riddle talks a great deal about how they want more women to attend the school, encouraging them to pursue a career in engineering. Females are even offered an automatic scholarship to attend, but this is not enough.  Everyone has the right to feel comfortable and safe on this campus, but misogynistic ideas are rampant and encouraged at Embry-Riddle. I always looked forward to college and hoped to meet peers with similar interests for intelligent discussions, but I never expected …show more content…

This is a situation where all girls on campus are automatically given a rating of a 5 on a 1-10 scale, created by the guys on campus. This handicap is due to the shortage of girls. This was a terrible introduction to the school, leading me to instantly question if women could be taken seriously on campus. It is not fun to be objectified. Instead we should have had a meeting explaining that language like this would not be tolerated and discrimination would be punished. I was shocked that of all people, my RA introduced this type of school lingo to me, but I began to recognize similar patterns throughout the year. I was very disappointed to have someone in a position of trust and authority introduce me to this practice, and the other day, my RA even made a joke that was ultimately about prostitution and oral sex, and I find this lack of respect and tact to be a form of sexual harassment and degradation as well. I do not believe that this type of behavior should be tolerated, especially from someone who is being employed by, and represents Embry-Riddle. Executives, CEOs, senators, and congressmen are losing their jobs every day now due to such behavior, but Embry-Riddle encourages it. I think college is supposed to prepare students for the real world, but someone has really dropped the ball here. At orientation students are told that with an ER degree, we can be hired anywhere. …show more content…

I was not too familiar with his routine or stand up material, but I figured that the show would be fun to attend, and was looking forward to participating in the spirit week. I was aware that the show had a content warning, and knew that some of the material may be intended for older audiences. When I arrived, I found that there were two comedians performing that night, and they were both downright offensive and vulgar, mostly at women’s expense. The first comedian, who opened for Devine, had a crude act and many of his jokes were in regard to sodomy and other lewd acts. Adam Devine’s act was similar in content and material, with masturbation a common theme, along with degrading women in any way. My biggest regret was not walking right out during the show, not only because it was uncouth, but because of the way that women were being portrayed and laughed at. In a time where prominent movements like “Me Too” and “Times Up” have found success, I find it incredibly insensitive and inappropriate for a college to feature comedians that base their routines on jokes about women. The university must have a keen awareness of entertainment being contracted for events and nothing like this ever should have been allowed. It seems as though there is no adult supervision regarding what is respectable and what crosses the

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