{"id":82,"date":"2017-02-15T17:37:42","date_gmt":"2017-02-15T17:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vpms1.humber.smartmanagedservers.com\/sweatspring2017\/?p=82"},"modified":"2018-07-12T20:50:35","modified_gmt":"2018-07-12T20:50:35","slug":"locker-room-talk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/humberjournalism.com\/sweatmag\/locker-room-talk\/","title":{"rendered":"On locker room talk"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By:\u00a0Clare Jenkins<\/h4>\n

When sports fans think of what is commonly referred to as \u201clocker room talk\u201d they may think of testosterone fueled men boasting about the women they\u2019ve slept with.<\/p>\n

And apparently President-elect Donald Trump thinks the same and some.<\/p>\n

A video of Trump describing a time he tried to seduce a married woman resurfaced in October featuring Trump boasting about how he can use his fame to sexually prey on women.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you\u2019re a star they let you do it. You can do anything. Grab \u2018em by the p***y. You can do anything,\u201d Trump said in the video.<\/p>\n

Trump apologized, dismissing what he said as \u201clocker room banter, a private conversation that took place many years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump has used the \u201clocker room talk\u201d defense five times including when he was questioned during the second presidential debate.<\/p>\n

\u201cYes, I\u2019m very embarrassed by it. I hate it. But it\u2019s locker room talk, and it\u2019s one of those things,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s passing off talking about sexual assault as locker room banter has stirred up questions about what really goes on when athletes get together behind closed doors.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs an athlete,\u00a0 <\/span>I\u2019ve been in locker rooms my entire adult life and uh, that\u2019s not locker room talk,\u201d Oakland Athletics pitcher Sean Doolittle tweeted.<\/span><\/p>\n

John Amaechi, former NBA player told the guardian: \u201cI\u2019ve had more conversations about politics, about racism and the tax advantages of living in Florida than I have conversations that even approached what Donald Trump said.\u201dAmaechi did say that the locker room is an environment where potentially offensive things are said behind closed doors.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlthough I\u2019ve also heard people use words for women that I would not approve of or use, I\u2019ve never heard anybody in a locker room speak of a non-consensual sexual act,\u201d he told The Guardian. He also credits the locker room as \u201cone of the last bastions of straight male intimacy.<\/p>\n

\u201c[It is] one of the last places men can cry, can touch each other, where they can emotionally connect,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

However supportive, former University of Toronto rugby player, Dallas Blackstone describes the locker room as a place where there is a constant assertion of masculinity.\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cI think it\u2019s got a lot to do with the fact that men are uncomfortable being naked together and they need to reassert their heteronormativity,\u201d Blackstone said.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut that\u2019s not locker room talk. That\u2019s misogyny,\u201d he said referring to Trump\u2019s words in the video. Blackstone said locker room talk isn\u2019t what Trump said about describing sexual assault. Often times it\u2019s describing consensual sex. \u201cIt\u2019s a bit of boasting, a bit of private stuff but no one talks about rape,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Though Blackstone also said it can be a place of healthy and supportive sexual discussion. \u201cI think sexuality is an important thing to talk about and I think you should openly discuss things like intimacies as long as you\u2019re not defaming.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s a real reflection of how the new paradigm of feminism needs to be taught to our boys. It\u2019s not about women covering themselves up; it\u2019s about men realizing that a woman exposing some of her bust isn\u2019t an invitation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Seneca\u2019s Athletic Director, Linda Stapleton, would agree. She said that one of the initiatives Seneca College has taken to decrease sexual assault comes after the Ontario government passed new sexual violence legislation mandating that all Ontario colleges and universities create separate sexual assault policies by January 2017.<\/p>\n

Seneca has taken a huge approach to educate athletes and staff about the impact of words and actions. The college developed a clinic for all staff and students to talk about sexual assault and appropriate language.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat used to be considered locker room talk has no place in the college or the locker room and no place in our lives,\u201d Stapleton said. Stapleton said student athletes are holding each other accountable. \u201cThey say \u2018remember, we talked about that. You shouldn\u2019t be saying that.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat Trump said was not acceptable, \u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s not locker room talk, it\u2019s sexual abuse. It\u2019s demeaning and it\u2019s disgusting,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Manager of athletics at Fanshawe College Nathan McFadden said what Trump said certainly does not qualify as locker room talk. \u201cHe has mischaracterized this term and obviously doesn\u2019t have any sports background,\u201d McFadden said.<\/p>\n

\u201cTrump was disrespecting women. It is something that in my 20 plus years of being in sport I haven\u2019t come across professionally or as an amateur,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Georgian College\u2019s Athletic Director Michele McConney, said she sees the locker room as a positive space for athletes to prepare for a game. \u201cAthletes can come to our athletic centre and leave those negative feelings at the door, come in, change and leave with a good mindset,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome athletes have their headphones on and prepare to themselves, others are in chatting and preparing for the game. I see it as a good mental de-stresser zone.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fraser McKeown plays for Humber College\u2019s men\u2019s hockey team and said locker room chat is generally not as sexual as people imagine it to be.<\/p>\n

\u201cMost conversations aren\u2019t as bad as you can imagine. They usually aren\u2019t things you would want your Mom to hear, but aren\u2019t as terrible as you think.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

McKeown compared Trump to what he calls \u201c\u2018That Guy\u2019. I\u2019m sure everybody has experienced a guy who does things just for the story, and just to show off to the guys. But those guys are few and far between. They are also not the players who are very popular with the guys because we understand that it\u2019s an act, and that they are just trying too hard,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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