Recent weeks and toxic masculinity
In the past few weeks, I believe I have witnessed more prevalent toxic masculinity in the Uni environment than I ever had before. Being involved in a single gender sport has been tough at Uni, especially basketball. The amount of toxic masculinity I see on the daily from people on the team, freshman through seniors, is sometimes excessive. In the locker room hearing someone say from across the room "that's so gay," or "you're so gay bro," has made me feel uncomfortable and feel it is unsafe to truly be part of this team. I don't know how to necessarily combat this, if there is any way to, because this is an unconscious thing, something that the people saying it may have been raised around, and I can't necessarily change that, but I wish I could at least stop it. Coaches won't listen, not because they don't care, but because they don't have to care. It pains me to be involved in an environment that I do not agree with, but I will continue ...