Posted on 06/15/2004 10:11:04 AM PDT by rface
In a sworn statement to be made public Tuesday, University of Colorado President Elizabeth Hoffman said a four-letter word used toward women can sometimes be used as a "term of endearment."
The comment comes from Hoffman's latest sworn testimony in connection with a federal lawsuit against the university.
The suit was filed by women who say they were sexually assaulted by CU football players and recruits.
A lawyer for one of the women asked Hoffman about former CU kicker Katie Hnida being called the "c- word" by a teammate.
That player was later disciplined by coach Gary Barnett for making the remark.
In the deposition, Hoffman was asked whether the "c-word" is "filthy and vile."
She said she knows the word is a swear word, but "It is all in the context of what--of how it is used and when it is used."
She was asked, "Can you indicate any polite context in which that word would be used?"
Hoffman answered, "Yes, I've actually heard it used as a term of endearment."
A CU spokeswoman said President Hoffman is aware of the negative connotations associated with the word.
But, the spokesperson said, because Hoffman is a medieval scholar, she is aware of the long history of the word. She said it was not always a negative term.
Additionally, some CU critics are scheduled to meet with Gov. Bill Owens Tuesday, to talk about how the university is handling the football recruiting scandal.
If I used the C word in referring to my dearly beloved wife I think It might be Glock time. Of course the woman's Irish and can't help her wee temper at all, at all.
Bull.... I know of no woman who uses that word and like the other poster said it's a sure way to feel a knee in your crotch or fist in your face to call a woman that. It's the most vulgar word ever.
I want to hear what the National Organization for Women has to say about this IMMEDIATELY!!!!
I want to hear what Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has to say about this IMMEDIATELY!!!
I want to hear what Rep. Barbara Boxer has to say about this IMMEDIATELY!!!
Here's the problem I have with this whole thing. Katie was a kicker who got on the team. This should have been a big victory for wombyn like this Hoffman character. Then she gets cussed out, beaten up, raped, run off the team, and the Coach says nasty things about her in the national media. Now the president of the school, which happens to be the Berkely of the Mountain states politically, starts taking the poor kid apart too. Because she knows which side her bread is buttered on and Football pays the bills.
It's like the way the female leftists did everything they could to get women into combat and then hated & dissed any woman that did it because they hate the military.
Much to this poor plebe's chagrin, she most assuredly did not consider this word a term of endearment.
oops...SEN. Barbara Boxer...
REP. Nancy Pelosi
It'll get the offender two kicks from this one. And Hoffman's digusting attitude is just another reason why the term higher education is an oxymoron.
Isn't this one of the reasons feminists push for women to "break the glass ceiling"? Aren't women supposed to be more sensitive to such comments, and realize how offensive they are? So much for sisterhood being powerful!
Like the (c-word) can't punt?
I'm a poet now?
Nam Vet
This university president is a product of a home and education that termed the c word as a possible term of endearment? She is an idiot. The alumni should let her know she is an idiot. She is really out of touch with normal women.
Hey! Leave my name out of it! ;)
CU's New Technologies Department wants to put their two cents in too.
"Gee, what could this word be???"
If you guys think that's funny, you are losers to begin with.
Start your valentine to your mother, your wife, your sister, your daughter with the word.
Then you'll see how funny you are.
Some animals are more equal than others.
The last line of the article: "It would be a beautiful day for a woman to be able to say, 'Thank you. Thank you for calling me a c***," Yates said.
hmmm...militint obviously = militant
Nam Vet
The word may have been used as a term of endearment in the Middle Ages in England, but I doubt she is that old. My ancient dictionary has it used to describe "a woman used as a sexual object." That fits its use by football players.
University of Colorado President Elizabeth Hoffman said a four-letter word used toward women can sometimes be used as a "term of endearment."
Is she out of her mind, or just lonely?
Oh, okay.
I'm UNREASONABLE to not want my mother, or an aunt, or a sister, or a daughter slurred with this word....
Rush is right...words MEAN something....
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