We need to know whether there is a culture that promotes inappropriate relationships with women,

a pervasive culture in the football program and the athletic department.

It's really brought to the foreground this culture issue of what women face . . . in academic institutions and the world at large. It's a monster thing to turn around.

I've only slept with men I've been married to. How many women can make that claim?

Still, she knows one thing for certain: never judge a relationship unless you are the one wrapped up in its arms.

Helplessness and anger make for predictable behavior: Children are certain to shove each other and pull hair, teenagers will call each other names and cry, and grown women who are sisters will say words so cruel that each syllable will take on the form of a snake, although such a snake often circles in on itself to eat its own tail once the words are said aloud.