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Cornell’s “virgin” legend

Painted footprints (see “virgin legend“) have been physically marked on Cornell’s Arts Quad since 1936, renewed annually by the Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity, and tacitly supported by the Cornell administration. Masquerading as a harmless “prank” and “tradition,” this practice in fact suggests that on Cornell’s campus, men have the right to define the proper sexual function for women.