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> Imagine a high school boys' locker room come to life speaking of toxic, why the stereotyping? It's not all locker-stuffing and hazing everywhere across the w
by serf 3y ago
> Imagine a high school boys' locker room come to life
speaking of toxic, why the stereotyping? It's not all locker-stuffing and hazing everywhere across the world; I had a blast in high school athletics with friends, and we didn't go out of our way to ruin anyone's day.
When I imagine that I am taken back by memories of camaraderie, pride, friendship, and group motivation towards a goal -- I'm quite sure that wasn't the imagery you wanted to project.
We partook in community service, worked at homeless shelters, the whole gambit. I've probably never been so virtuous as those days.
Not every locker room is filled with hateful machismo, and not every jock is a cruel bully -- don't paint with such wide strokes and expect to keep the details.
now, that said , i'm sorry that you received such treatment, and I hope that you find a friendlier place to direct time and effort; thankfully the DE/WM community is vast enough to find a place that is worth being.
- mam2 3y ago[dead]
- WhyNotHugo 3y ago> > Imagine a high school boys' locker room come to life > > speaking of toxic, why the stereotyping? For a lot of us, "a high school boy's locker room" is just a cliché from US films. We had no equivalent to this in my country; we were expected to shower and get dressed at home and had nothing even remotely similar at school. It is a cliché. One presented by the US to the world so many times that it has come clear way to express a stereotype. I sure hope that real-life locker rooms are unlike what you portray in arts and films, but as a foreigner, it's the references we've got.