"Jeopardy!" and Girls Gone Wild?

Action Alert: On September 3, 2007, the “Jeopardy! College Championships” featured a category entitled: "Gaul’s Gone Wild", an obvious word-play off of the sexually explicit “Girls Gone Wild” video/calendar/etc. series of girls engaging in...well, I'm sure most of you know what Girls Gone Wild (GGW) is about.

Let “Jeopardy!” know that the category was offensive --at best.

Write to “Jeopardy!” and request an on-air apology for their distasteful reference to GGW –a highly sexualized and degrading portrayal of (typically) young college women on Spring Break. Women displayed in these videos are most often drunk, resulting in a lack of inhibition; many women who have been taped report being coerced into signing a ‘consent’ form and then into performing sexually irresponsible (engaging in sexual activities w/out protection) acts on camera. The women are also often surrounded by groups of men egging on their sexually explicit behavior –perpetuating the degrading and potentially dangerous stereotype that women are sexual beings for the purpose of entertaining men. Some of the women in the videos report being taken advantage of sexually (charges of exploiting underage girls and of rape have been filed against the creator and crew of the series).

It was absolutely irresponsible for “Jeopardy!” to reference a show the likes of GGW, and women everywhere deserve an apology. Please use the following link to respond to “Jeopardy!”
http://www.jeopardy.com/communicate_feedback.php

In your letter please also urge “Jeopardy!” to make a donation, as a concrete showing of their good-faith support for the well-being of girls, to DadsandDaughters (DADs)--an organization whose mission is: “To Make the World Safe and Fair for Our Daughters.” “DADs believes that all families benefit when active, engaged father-daughter relationships help girls grow--and when dads, daughters and others help overcome obstacles for girls and women. DADs also speaks up for daughters and sons through See Jane, their program dedicated to increasing gender balance and reducing gender stereotyping in entertainment for children 11 and under.”
for more information on DadsandDaughters please visit: www.dadsanddaughters.org