An Open Letter to My Daughters About “Locker Room Talk”

Darling Girls,

Please know that you are lovely. You are strong and clever, smart and funny. You deserve nothing less than respect and honor. “Locker room talk” is an assault to your dignity and to the dignity of all women.

Never let a guy speak to you or about you in a demeaning way, and stay far far away from any boy who tries to dismiss vile and sleazy talk about women as just “a guy thing.” Such a boy might be a guy, but he isn’t a real man.

“Locker room talk” as some are calling it, is n...