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Originally Posted by powderjunkie
Umm, no? He didn't say anything remotely close to that...
But youth hockey culture in Canada can be incredibly toxic and gross. Which isn't to say other sports (and other countries) don't have problems, too, but it's irrelevant.
I think it mostly comes from toxic parents and coaches, but I wonder how much of it has to do with the actual need to use locker-rooms so much more compared to most other youth sports.
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I’d guess it has to do more with hockey being a high-status + violent + team sport. That cultivates certain attitudes and behaviours (entitlement, aggression, pack mentality) that you’re less likely to find, say, in cross-country running or badminton.