So I’m listening to a podcast, and the issue of “locker room” talk came up. This woman's significant other scrolls through IG with his buddies checking out “hot” models and get pretty dirty with their talk. She asked if it was “microcheating”.
But it kind of made me think. Should we as women be okay with locker room talk? Is it harmless, or does it perpetuate the objectification of women?
I’m kind of the opinion that once you speak something, it impacts the way you think. So even a reasonable man, once he (in my opinion), sinks to the level of sexualizing women he doesn’t even know, it can change the way he thinks. His worldview could change. It makes thought real. Puts it out in the universe.
I mean, it’s one thing to acknowledge that yes, there are lots of attractive people in the world, but joking with buddies how you’d like to see her bent over your desk...
Anyway, it turns me off. So, harmless and ‘boys will be boys’ or is it ultimately harmful to relationships between men and women?
But it kind of made me think. Should we as women be okay with locker room talk? Is it harmless, or does it perpetuate the objectification of women?
I’m kind of the opinion that once you speak something, it impacts the way you think. So even a reasonable man, once he (in my opinion), sinks to the level of sexualizing women he doesn’t even know, it can change the way he thinks. His worldview could change. It makes thought real. Puts it out in the universe.
I mean, it’s one thing to acknowledge that yes, there are lots of attractive people in the world, but joking with buddies how you’d like to see her bent over your desk...
Anyway, it turns me off. So, harmless and ‘boys will be boys’ or is it ultimately harmful to relationships between men and women?