Andrews 'video' just another form of rape

When I was 15, I would have done almost anything to see an attractive woman naked.

Those were the days before nudity in movies and on cable television, before men's magazines provided gynecological views of needy junkies. There was Playboy, but in 1965, Hugh HefnerHugh Hefner was only showing breasts and buttocks and all of those women looked vaguely unreal.

Of course there were 8mm films, usually with characters wearing domino masks, garter belts and socks, but I had never seen any of them at that time.

The thought that someone I had actually seen on television -- Barbara EdenBarbara Eden, Elizabeth Montgomery or Mary Tyler Moore -- might actually be naked was beyond even the realm of possibility.

You know what?

When I was 15, I was extremely immature. I was years away from realizing that the most exciting thing of all was when a woman you actually know makes the decision to share her body with you.

Boy, have times changed. Whether it's Paris HiltonParis Hilton, Lindsey Lohan or Britney SpearsBritney Spears "forgetting" their underwear or women in their 50s and 60s showing off in magazine spreads, plenty of women are sharing their bodies -- at least pictures of them -- with anyone with access to a computer or a DVD player.

Which is what makes this Erin Andrews thing so infuriating. Andrews is an ESPN reporter who is known for her pulchritude, but she's enough of a professional that she hasn't knowingly posed nude.

There is, however, a video making the rounds that was shot surreptitiously of her naked in a hotel room. I haven't seen it, and I won't look at it until there's also a nude Chris BermanChris Berman video. Otherwise, it's just another way of denigrating women by turning them into masturbatory fantasies for fanboys.

If Andrews is feeling a little like she's been raped, I wouldn't be surprised. Just because someone is on television doesn't mean anyone has the right to know all their secrets, and my guess is that Andrews doesn't have many left.

Sometimes I get so damn tired of all the crap that passes for content these days. I hope they catch the person -- almost certainly a guy -- who did this, and I hope they put a 24-hour Webcam in his jail cell.

Then he'd learn what it meant to have no secrets from anyone.