It's not unusual for sports teams to keep scouting reports -- assuming they're scouting athletes and not sex objects.。 On Thursday, however, Harvard University suspended its men's soccer team for the rest of the season after the university discovered the team had created a "scouting report" that ranked the members of the women's team on their attractiveness. A story published in the
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。 last week suggests that the practice went as far back as 2012. 。SEE ALSO:'A woman's guide to the Whitehouse' offers sexism advice for Hillary Clinton。 "The team will forfeit its remaining games and will decline any opportunity to achieve an Ivy League championship or to participate in the NCAA Tournament this year," Harvard's Athletic Director Robert Scalise wrote in an email to students.。 — The Harvard Crimson (thecrimson) November 4, 2016。 The 2012 document, which appears to have been part of a yearly tradition, was nine pages long. Sent to the entire team via email, it included evaluations of each and every individual player, some with paragraph-long assessments.。Mashable Top StoriesStay connected with the hottest stories of the day and the latest entertainment news.Sign up for Mashable's Top Stories newsletter。By signing up you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.。By signing up you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. 。 Thanks for signing up! 。 "She looks like the kind of girl who both likes to dominate, and likes to be dominated," one student wrote in his report.。 In addition to their soccer positions, players imagined what the female players' favorite sexual positions would be as well. 。Six of the women rated in the report responded in a story published in
。 The Harvard Crimson
。 .。 "Having considered members of this team our close friends for the past four years, we are beyond hurt to realize these individuals could encourage, silently observe, or participate in this kind of behavior, and for more than four years have neglected to apologize until this week," the women wrote.。 The women further expressed their loyalty to one another.
。"This document attempts to pit us against one another, as if the judgment of a few men is sufficient to determine our worth,” they wrote. “But, men, we know better than that."。RELATED: Helen Mirren brilliantly shuts down sexist interviewer
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