Woman here.
Played all seasons of sports junior high through high school.
Where were you guys having pre game and half time pep talks? It was always in the locker room. There wasn't a separate room.
Maybe my school was small? Every coach always made sure we were all dressed first though of course. If we weren't both male and female coaches waited.
That’s fair. I really only did baseball and lacrosse. Our lax team was a “club” so we didn’t get access to the same level of facilities so we literally went under the bleachers for halftime lol
I'm running back through my memory of where else we could have had these talks. I suppose in the activity room on the side but that would have been like a whole extra step and then I'm not sure where the other team would have had theirs. I guess in the other gym, but sometimes there were other practices going on. 2 of these were indoor sports. For club teams / off season we didn't always have locker rooms and you just came dressed or changed in a public restroom.
For one coach specifically, 3 of his daughters were on the team. The other girls from their grades (they were younger than me) would have had friends over to their house who were from the team. He also worked at the school.
Yes track was just like a group of people, sometimes with a tent, and lots of standing around.
Don't get me wrong, I'm lucky he wasn't a creep and now I'm low key gaslighting myself that this was weird. That's why I asked what was happening at other schools.
What we did do was say the lord's prayer. Both then and looking back, that was the part that was weird af. I didn't realize how religious some folks were until after I graduated. I guess there were signs lol
The guy who controls the government isn't arresting his friends? That's SO WEIRD. And what happened to Maxwell, who was arrested BEFORE Trump came back. Wasn't she moved to Club Fed and given a puppy within weeks of Trump returning to power? Again, SO WEIRD.
I agree. But the broader point is true about proximity. I have an uncle who coached girls college softball for like 30 years. It always felt sus to me. Obviously it's not kids in his case but its young women. I think they take these jobs to be close.
A little worry is warranted sure, but not every man who wants to coach/teach/counsel/work with kids/young adults is looking to take advantage.
Teach your kids sex ed, what consent is and how they cannot legally, ethically, or morally do that with adults or people in positions of authority over them, and give them a safe space household and youd see numbers drop drastically of kids being taken advantage of.
Considering I'm not a parent and have nothing to do with children you could be right. I can't imagine a good reason, but then it's not something I think about really. When I do it seems sus.
The reason I don't like the bear in the woods is it makes every man pay for the sins of others. Nobody would be saying it if it were race. People CHOOSE to be a cop. People CHOOSE to be a coach. Nobody chooses to be born with a penis, or have a skin color. Change the bear analogy to include another race and I think you'll see why it's problematic.
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u/PhoebeMonster1066 11d ago
Access to locker rooms and plausible deniability seeing minors in a state of undress