Episode 67: Implicit College Bias (part 1)
We see a young, cute college aged girl in a professor's office. She's sitting behind a desk with a wall a few feet behind her. All we can see is her top. She's wearing a t-shirt. We hear a knock on the door. She calls "come in." Two more cute college students in their early 20s enter. They look confused when they see her. "Yes, come in, and close the door. I'm Maddie. I'm professor Sorenson's granddaughter." The two girls close the door and sit in chairs in front of the desk. "You're Shelby, and you're Fawn, right?" Shelby looks like she's dressed for a date with a nice top and short skirt. Fawn is dressed like she's about to go running.
They both agree. They're standing in front of the professor's desk.
"I'm sorry that I have to be so quick to the point, but I want to take care of this before my grandmother gets back from class. I know that you're both in the master's program here, and you both have my grandmother as an advisor." They nod. "Well, I think this is important for you to know because I found out recently that both of you are lesbians." The girls are shrugging their shoulders or nodding. "You may not think it's a big deal because you don't know about my grandmother. She wouldn't ever say this at school, but she hates LGBT. If she found out that you were lesbians, she wouldn't do anything explicitly, but I know that she would make sure that your grades suffered until you decided to drop out of the program." The girls are frowning and looking at each other. "Now that you know, I'm sure that you'll be more careful to make sure she doesn't find out." She pauses. "But now I'm going to ask you for something that's kind of a weird request. But I promise not to tell her if you let me watch you have sex here in the office β just this one time."
The girls start to protest.
"Don't be so loud! We don't want the professors next door to hear you."
The girls protest again but not as loudly. Shelby complains that she already has a girlfriend. Fawn complains that she barely knows Shelby and she's just not that interested.
"Fine, if you don't want to show me then go ahead and leave. I'll let my grandmother know about your lifestyle." She puts a bookmark into the book she was reading and closes it, looks like she's getting ready to leave.