NFL QB Jameis Winston tells classroom that girls "[a]re supposed to be silent"

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Things went wrong when a few students appeared to be bored.

"All my young boys, stand up. The ladies, sit down," Winston said. "But all my boys, stand up. We strong, right? We strong! We strong, right? All my boys, tell me one time: I can do anything I put my mind to. Now a lot of boys aren't supposed to be soft-spoken. You know what I'm saying? One day y'all are going to have a very deep voice like this (in deep voice). One day, you'll have a very, very deep voice.

"But the ladies, they're supposed to be silent, polite, gentle. My men, my men (are) supposed to be strong. I want y'all to tell me what the third rule of life is: I can do anything I put my mind to. Scream it!"

Ugh.

Did Winston really say girls are supposed to be silent?

Maybe Winston didn't mean it the wrong way, but he has his own past and there are far too many male athletes with attitudes about girls and women that evoke too, too troubling visions that simply can't be ignored.

The antennas of several adults went up in the room. We heard from a few who were bothered by it, but didn't want to talk publicly. The principal said it was a really good day for Melrose and perhaps, overall, she is right.

http://www.tampabay.com/sports/jone...lk-to-kids-sends-wrong-message-wvideo/2314204

He's been previously accused of sexual assault

He's since said he "made a poor word choice"

http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/...or-word-choice-telling-female-students-silent
 
Man, it even reads like someone unfroze a caveman like Encino Man

Me deep voice, her, silent. Soon, you deep voice. ARRRRRRGHHHBBB
 
on one hand, the phrasing in that quote could also mean he was talking to both the boys and girls and saying they can do anything, and he was simply pointing out the societal double standard of how women are told to be silent while men are supposed to be strong, not that he specifically supports that.

on the other hand, it's Jameis Winston.
 
on one hand, the phrasing in that quote could also mean he was talking to both the boys and girls and saying they can do anything, and he was simply pointing out the societal double standard of how women are told to be silent while men are supposed to be strong, not that he specifically supports that.

on the other hand, it's Jameis Winston.

This was my exact thought process when reading that quote.
 
God Damn it Jameis, you were doing so well post rape allegations

Yup it really seemed like he turned a corner.

This is gross tho no ifs ands or butts.

on one hand, the phrasing in that quote could also mean he was talking to both the boys and girls and saying they can do anything, and he was simply pointing out the societal double standard of how women are told to be silent while men are supposed to be strong, not that he specifically supports that.

Yeah, actually.
 
on one hand, the phrasing in that quote could also mean he was talking to both the boys and girls and saying they can do anything, and he was simply pointing out the societal double standard of how women are told to be silent while men are supposed to be strong, not that he specifically supports that.

on the other hand, it's Jameis Winston.

Yeah from the video he's not saying it in the context of unfair expectations on women. He just says it matter-of-factly, like there's nothing wrong about the quiet, docile female in a classroom.

Maybe later, not on the video, he invites the girls in the class to stand up and do what the boys could only barely do, but the optics of this given him skating on rape charges, are the worst.
 
Was he just trying to say "society tells women they are supposed to be silent, but you don't have to be", just in a very bad way then?

No, he was having the boys repeat what they said prior.

At least that's how I read it. And I think I misread it? Sorry for calling you out, guess I was the one that misread it.

Hm...this can be taken a couple different ways. All bad.
 
As an FSU alumnus, I would like to ask that Crabby McRapey-pants shut his ignorant pie-hole and be fucking lucky he isn't tossing salads for BBQ chips, in prison. What a fucking douche nozzle.
 
Like, I'm hoping he meant to say something along the lines of "Men are supposed to be strong and women are supposed to be silent, fuck that, you can be whatever you want"

I hope
 
Not every successful person should talk to kids

Yeah, this is what we get when sports stars (or actors, or musicians, or whatever) are held up as inspirational figures or role models for kids just because they're celebrities.

A lot of celebrities are great role models and inspirations. A lot more of them are just assholes like everybody else.
 
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