At yesterday’s debate, Donald Trump firmly denied that the leaked video in which he can be heard instructing Access Hollywood host Billy Bush to “grab women by the pussy” constituted sexual assault.
Instead, his response took a predictable “boys-will-be-boys” approach, culminating in his dismissal of the comments as “locker room talk”.
The implication, of course, is that Trump’s comments aren’t offensive, or even particularly bad, in the scheme of things that men say to each other about women when they’re alone.
Apparently, you’d hear worse in any locker room.
Luckily, there are a lot of people who’ve actually experienced the inside of a locker room and are prepared to set Trump straight.
American male athletes have taken to Twitter to protest Trump’s comments, making it very clear that grabbing women “by the pussy” does not constitute normal “locker room talk”.
That settles that, then.
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You've only got to listen to some of the songs University rugby players sing.
I've spent a lot of time in locker rooms and I've never heard anything like that.
But a quick google shows that an awful of stuff does happen in locker rooms. Famously the Chicago Bulls had a bet on who's son has the largest penis (the sons were all 4-ish).
There are also instances of people being threatened with guns (these are teammates!).
The usual strippers and drugs of course.
I don't have kids, but is the kids penis thing that bad? Isnt that just guys mucking around? Is it much different from a mum saying "oh god I hope she didn't get my legs" or something?
Not too me, but it's certainly not 'normal', and you probably wouldn't do it outside of the locker room or similar areas.