Over on The Sin City Siren, I’ve launched a petition to tell FOX Sports to drop the UFC if they do not enact a code of conduct and address a rash of recent incidents of rape jokes and a history of hate speech.
Please sign the petition today!
Here’s some background on the issue:
- Why I’m petitioning FOX Sports to drop the UFC
- Rally on Nov. 12 calling for FOX to drop the UFC unless they create a code of conduct
- Reaction from the Nov. 12 rally
- Why the UFC should have a code of conduct: Athletes are role models in our society!
- My manifesto on sexual violence
December 15th, 2011 → 12:16 pm
[...] makes the fourth rape joke coming from a UFC fighter or management in a month’s time. This includes a rape joke tweeted by Forrest Griffin last month and a Penn State joke from Rashad [...]