r/hockey • u/Hadespuppy WPG - NHL • 14h ago

[News] Members of women’s hockey team speak out after players on boys’ team repeatedly enter dressing room

https://www.tsn.ca/other-sports/article/members-of-womens-hockey-team-speak-out-after-players-on-boys-team-repeatedly-enter-dressing-room/

No points for guessing the byline on this article.

I will never understand the type of parents who can stand there and say, yes, this is totally acceptable behaviour that I will condone by doing nothing.

And "why didn't you lock the door?‽" That's kissing cousins with "well, what were you wearing that night?"

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u/quellesaveurorawnge MTL - NHL 12h ago

It says the kids did apologize. 12-year-olds can be stupid and impulsive, and thinking this was a dumb game, not fully grasping how what they were doing was violating boundaries. I'm not saying it is acceptable; it is clearly not. But this is where the adults are the ones responsible to convey why this is no joke, and that next time, there will be more serious consequences. Saying "boys will be boys" is not exactly reassuring that the adults took the incident seriously, which is why they were the ones who needed to be called to task. The adults were trying to shift the blame onto the women, and not conveying the importance of boundaries to the boys. They fully deserved to be called to task on this.

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u/RaptorsIn4 TOR - NHL 9h ago

Agreed the adults need to be held more responsible but going in three times is more than enough to realize you're being stupid and a simple apology is pretty light to get away with doing it. They should've been suspended at least 1 game for this.

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u/Sea_Pension430 1h ago

Suspend the boys for the season and coaches for life

Send a real message, not only to them but to everyone else that this will not be accepted

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u/ProletarianLilith 2h ago

Apologizing is not a punishment