About a month or so ago, a picture of an American high school pole vaulter named Allison Stokke made the rounds of the internet. It was posted on numerous message boards and sites and fan clubs sprung up on facebook and elsewhere.
Apparently the picture itself was taken a while ago, but for some reason became an internet phenomenon earlier this year.
What’s interesting though is this article I read on Feministing.
Allison Stokke’s father is a lawyer who has in the past defended men accused of sex-related crimes by in essence saying that the women were asking for it!
Of course, this in no way condones the comments being made about Allison Stokke on the net but isn’t Mr. Stokke’s reaction to them hypocrictical?
*sigh*
The one good thing for me out of all this is that (thanks to reddit) I’ve discovered Feministing, an interesting feminist blog.
Huh, I read this too. Besides being taken aback by some of the actions of the father and his team in past court cases, I was also surprised by how many people (especially males) were likely to shrug aside what was happening with this “internet meme” as “get used to it, you don’t get any privacy on the internet, it’s no big deal.”
While I agree that you don’t get privacy on the net and the fact that attractive women will get a lot of attention, some of the comments on Allison Stokke are over the top.
Of course, you and I might disagree on which ones specifically are… 🙂
the flickr link doesn’t work. actually, the pic has been deleted, so the link works but is pointless.