I’m first in line to defend a woman’s right to pose for Playboy if she wants to. After all, freedom and free will includes the right to make an unwise, destructive personal decision. Thankfully, only a few showed up to audition for a spot in Playboy’s “Girls of the ACC” issue. But sadly, one Duke senior thinks there’s more potential in being a playmate than in attending medical school.
Before her shoot, the Duke senior said her heart was pounding. She acknowledged that being a Playboy bunny could impact her chances of admission to medical school and noted that she is worried about how her classmates and family will react if she is selected. But she bared it all without a shred of self-doubt.
“If Playboy closes any doors, I have faith that it will open others,” she said. “Being in Playboy is something I’ve always wanted to do. Achieving my dreams would overshadow any negative repercussions…. I am who I am-you can’t hold me back.”
It’s not hard to understand why she wouldn’t give the reporter her name, but it’s incredibly hard to understand why someone would work hard to get accepted by Duke, and then derail the effort like this.
How very, very sad.
