Great points Ernie and I agree with everything you said. I 100% agree with what happened in Miami is ridiculous and has no part in life let alone in a locker room in a professional environment.
When I said I worried that I might offend someone (again these are generalities and not specifically me just easier for the conversation) I wasn't really thinking about the terms that everyone knows they shouldn't be using. I was more thinking about simple terms like nut up and be a man, suck it Nancy boy. Stuff that you may not think too much of but has the potential to offend some people. Do others get that in their minds and just stop talking in fear of saying something stupid?
On the ice is on the ice, you lace them up in a competitive game you get treated the same way. Dressing room I think would be different. I spare on a team that has a girl come out occasionally and the dressing room is completely different with her there than without. Not her fault but it just is. Single guys like to talk about the bar scene and girls they are dating when she is not there. With her there they sit quietly. Again not her fault and others need to work on their behavior but what if she is offended by a guy talking about getting laid?
I am just looking at this from a slightly different view than the obvious sexual one. Honestly don't think there is a whole lot of sexy going in dressing rooms after sweating for hours on end. Hell, if you can get turned on with the smell in 99% of hockey locker rooms all the power to ya.
Hopefully Michael Sam lands somewhere that he is a good football fit and not to be that guy. Draft him for football not goodwill. I'm sure Sam would appreciate that.
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