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It was a classic pre-graduation pic: cute short white dress, graduation sash, posed at a campus landmark, etc.
People started making inappropriate comments, so poof-gone.
Women get objectified on these boads all the time, because our website user base is over 90% male. But when that gets turned towards VT's athletes .... nope. Gotta go.
BStreet didn't get nuked. His post did.
** Edited by Will Stewart at 7/13/2026, 10:55:10 PM
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2w
Been fighting BStreets posts of young women for a long time nice to see you finally taking action
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2w
... I also have a hard time understanding gibberish,
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. . . about female athletes and objectification. As the father of two D1 female athletes it's a pretty salient topic. In the NIL world there's certainly money to be made by successfully 'branding'. There will always be a debate about role that appearance and, therefore, sexuality plays in it.
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athletes, chose to brand themselves. I find the debate fascinating because I do see both sides of it and I realize just how razor thin the divide between those sides can be at times. It can't be easy for female athletes to try to navigate that minefield. I tip my hat to them especially since they have to deal with the percentage of the male population that are pigs.
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Vippie1
2w
It is not 1970 anymore
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2w
creepsters have plenty of other places they should go for their jollies before TSL.
Will Stewart has , as is his right, taken a draconian stance on any political discourse. IMO it is then more then appropriate to have a pretty low bar for inappropriate sexually suggested posts or photos. I didn't even see the post, in question but I have seen enough examples in over two decades that were overtly sexual and even more so immature/childish.
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WOO, just when I was fixing to post that pic of me & Angela Tincher...
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2w
but now can't seem to retrieve it:( Too long ago for my computer?
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2w
or cheerleader from the opposing team. Do you not feel that actually starts the objectification?
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2w
comments are the problem- not pretty girls - Pretty girls are never the problem- well unless you are dating them
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I can tell you the objectification has had long-term consequences. She didn't start cheering because she "wanted to be looked at", she was like 10 years old. But once you start, if you want to keep doing it, you better fit the mold or you'll be mocked pretty badly (at least 20 years ago). It's just a uniform, not a statement that you want to be objectified. The rest of her life has been spent trying to fit that mold. It's not healthy.
I know I'm a Debbie Downer, and I apologize if I'm taking it out on you. Just a sore subject, and I can understand why someone might feel the way you do.
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2w
cheers- for people in the stands.... who look at them
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** Edited by Hokie622 at 7/14/2026, 2:54:05 PM
** Edited by Hokie622 at 7/14/2026, 2:54:17 PM
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2w
... *before* I told him to knock it off.
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Will do not sound like the Savior here...wish you had given this the same attention you did to Political posts. I evn emailed you about this a couple of times in the past 5-10 yrs.
But again, thank you for taking action. I hope it will apply to all pics.
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Large, Hairy, and aggressive, she is still a good person, even if she was able to dunk a basketball at age 9.
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in a completely just and technically fair world - he would have been.
Two things.
This is Will's sandbox, we're visitors.
The world isn't completely just and fair.
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