rape allegations by bulldog
The recent rape allegations leveled against members of the Canterbury Bulldogs National Rugby League (NRL) team have brought under scrutiny the organizational culture that is typical of many all-male sporting teams. ... These allegations were made a year after another woman claimed members of the team molested her at the same hotel, confirming that there is an issue with the organizational culture and the resulting treatment of women. ... The allegations have brought into question the culture that exists across many football teams. ... The protected environment in which players exist where management attempts to stifle allegations prior to them reaching police, renders them unaccountable for their actions. ... Many media social commentators suggested that team performance would be compromised by the scandal and its surrounding hype: ¡°the impact of the allegations on the Bulldogs premiership campaign has persuaded punters to start backing the club to win the wooden spoon. ... The allegations cost the club $1,000,000 in sponsorship. ... The CEO and Director of the Bulldogs at the time of the allegations was forced to resign: ¡°in the role of CEO I have to take some of the responsibility for the events of the last few weeks. ... ¡°Allegations have badly damaged not only Canterbury [Bulldogs], but the league in general. ... ¡°It¡¯s this sort of masculine peer group dynamic that is at the heart of the rape culture. ... 8) One of these aforementioned ¡°risky behaviours¡± is rape. ... 12) The organizational culture promotes a view of women as objects from which the players have the right to take what they want, regardless of the women¡¯s desires, so the organization doesn¡¯t recognise the act as rape. ... The form in which the activity is conducted (for example, is it private or public, exposed to competition, or ¡°protected¡±) If we apply these categories to the Bulldog¡¯s case, we can see that: 1. ... Thus the rape scenario was viewed by the organization in a powerfully masculine light and consequently deemed appropriate behaviour. ... Such as those beliefs that domination of women, and in the acute sense, rape, is acceptable behaviour. ... It takes a momentous event such as the alleged gang rape of a young woman by six men, to bring under scrutiny this embedded culture and the need for it to be changed. ... Although measures were put into place by both the Bulldog¡¯s management and the NRL prior to the announcement, whether these will now be followed through with an organizational cultural change remains to be seen.