It must be hard being male these days. It must be especially hard being a New York Jets football player, pumped full of testosterone after a grueling practice session, then to find yourself half-naked in the locker room with Ms. Ines Sainz.

If you haven't heard the story ... last Sunday evening, Ms. Sainz, a sports reporter whose curvy ass-ets were surely stolen from some corn-fed sistah, strode onto the Jets’ practice field and later into the players' locker room wearing the tightest jeans imaginable. Lookin’ like two basketballs fighting in a sack. (If you Google her name, be careful; some of the links may expose your computer to viruses)

On the practice field, players and coaches went out of their way to get her attention -- repeatedly throwing balls in her direction then running over like hormone-hyped schoolboys to retrieve them.

The players’ behavior became worse in the locker room, where, it is claimed, Ms. Sainz was greeted with wolf calls and sexual comments.

There has now been a round of apologies from the offending players and coaches, and Ms Sainz has proclaimed that she will not change her style of dress, saying: "It is my style for all my life."

The media has seized the story, and it is being suggested that the reporter’s style of clothing is giving off wrong signals. Some are questioning whether she is selling her skills or her sexuality.

Last night I read an account of the locker room happenings and thought: Here we go again... men with no self-control acting like nasty little boys.

Today, after seeing Ms. Sainz on Entertainment Tonight and seeing the kinds of clothes she routinely wears to sports events, I am having to give second thought to that opinion.

Can we be real? Ms. Sainz is hawking her sexuality like a Victoria’s Secret department store window on the day after Thanksgiving.

Let's be honest, folks. Going onto a football field or into a room of half-naked men, dressed like Ms. Sainz was dressed, is an obvious invitation for the wolves to howl.

We can all agree that men should be respectful and use restraint. Since female reporters are allowed into male locker rooms, players must be careful not to cross the line into sexual harassment.

But, as women, we must also project what we want to be seen.

Whether we like it or not, some men will scan the lines of a nun’s habits looking for curves. However, when we dress in blatant sexuality, we open ourselves up to unwanted comment.

I'm a woman, but I'll give credit where credit is due -- Ines Sainz is fine. I plan to look like that when I grow up.

But if Ms. Sainz is to be taken seriously as a sports reporter, she must display more talent and less skin -- more brains and less cleavage. With her sexuality so prominently displayed, she will be perceived as a woman looking for a man rather than a reporter looking for a story.

M.s Sainz should save the sexy clothes for the clubs, not the locker room, and remember these wise words...

If you are a T-bone steak and you don't want to get eaten, then you probably shouldn’t saunter into a steakhouse all dressed up in A1 and Worcestershire.

I'm just sayin’...!
 

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