Assignment task: Take notes while watching the documentary Training Rules: No Drinking, No Drugs, No Lesbians (2009). After watching the documentary, read the two newspaper articles in this module. Then, compose answers to the questions below. Use class readings, including but not limited to Griffin (1998) and the newspaper articles, in addition to the film in your answers. For opinion-based questions, you will not be graded on your view; you will be graded on the quality of your answer. Be sure to answer all questions asked, address all elements in the prompt, and articulate your view/argument fully. How well you analyze the content and explain and support your claims with specific examples will be a prime component of your grade.
1. Is it possible to be a positive figure for women's sports and to have a no-lesbian policy? Explain and defend your answer.
2. The film illustrates that Penn State is enmeshed in the big-time-sports structure. How do we see that structure in the film, and how does such a structure enable homophobia?
3. What responsibility do you think Penn State University had as a public institution to act in response to Rene Portland's policies? What responsibility did the NCAA have?