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Cornell University wisely suspended its chapter of the Zeta Beta Tau fraternity after learning that its members had run a secret sex game called “Pig Roast,” where members would earn points for having sex with large women.

Apparently, the heavier the woman, the more points earned by the fraternity man. about ZBT at Cornell and the disciplinary action taken by the university. It is unclear how many men participated in this game.

Credit Cornell for investigating and exposing the truth about this matter. For too long, prestigious schools and universities would seek to protect their precious reputation over their students’ well-being.

While nobody has suggested the sex was anything but consensual, it is still a sad story about elite American men misbehaving. Cornell was right to force a period of reflection and mandate education and training, so these men understand this humiliating behavior is wrong.

Sadly, these seem to be exactly the type of disgusting, demeaning games that men create when they have too much time and too much alcohol. These games were never funny, and they are now finally being condemned by our society. This condemnation is long overdue.

The Florida House has its own “sex game” problem

What is also long overdue is an investigation into the sex games reported in the Miami Herald late last year as the Florida Legislature erupted with one sex scandal after another.

While Cornell’s leadership took decisive action to stop the disgusting behavior on its campus, we can only wonder why none of the full-time resident Tallahassee Press Corp members paid to cover the Florida Legislature have investigated this compelling scandal or why no elected official other than Senator Debbie Mayfield found it deplorable enough to reveal.

In many ways, this sex game is more disturbing than the Zeta Beta Tau’s because it involves adult men, elected to office who have been entrusted by the people to lead a state.  Or better stated in the case of the Florida House: Men with too much time, alcohol and power.

The first mention of this scandal was reported by the Miami Herald in December where Senator Mayfield revealed the existence of the game, most assuredly to collective gasps from current and former House members who scored points having sex and reported it to their peers.

In the Florida House version of sex games which dates to the 2010-2012 time period, House Members would score certain points for having sex with various classifications of people.  The points and targets went as follows:  Sex with a House staffer = 1 point.  Sex with a lobbyist = 2 points.  Sex with a Senator = 3 points.  Sex with a married Senator = 4 points.