Ad insert offends women, has no place in Exponent

Publication Date: 03/27/2008

What Gives Them The Right?

The insert in the Exponent on Tuesday was very rude. I cannot believe that the Exponent would show so much disrespect to a woman. It was disgusting and vulgar and I and many of my girlfriends find this insert to be very offensive. Where does a newspaper put a whole insert, including graphic photos, false information and just one point of view, on something that is very offensive to women? I understand the fact the Exponent does not write the inserts and it is just a way of advertising and a way for them to make money, but I would think that someone with somewhat of a heart and a brain would find this to be a bit much. I can understand doing an article about it with different points of view but the Exponent has taken this way too far. I cannot believe that the Exponent continues to show how women continue to have no rights and how a woman's rights are not growing. This insert makes me not want to associate myself or have anything to do with Purdue and what it stands for. If the Exponent thinks this insert is OK why not just have an insert about Forensic Science with various photos of murdered and raped dead people?

Chelsea Meade

Sophomore in the School of Management