Why aren't male reporters allowed in female locker rooms?

[the_champ]

Meanwhile female reporters are allowed in male locker rooms. I can't wrap my head around this.

[CellLuddite]

If you let a bunch of men into the women's locker room they'd gang rape the women athletes. Women are allowed into the men's locker room because since men want sex all the time, it's impossible for men to be raped or sexually harassed by women. Does that answer your question?

[the_champ]

Stop demonizing men as these rape creatures. Women can sexually harass and rape. Your reasoning can barely even be called that.

[Anonymous]

Feminists pitched a fit a couple of decades ago demanding that female reporters should have the right to the same access to male locker rooms that male reporter have. Do male reporters have the same right? Fuck no.

Typical female hypocrisy, pure and simple.

[rotinaj10]

Best answer

[Anonymous]

They are, dumb dumb. It has to do with equal access of the press.

Locker rooms usually have an "open session" and specific times so that the press can go in and get their info without it being all "Surprise! You're naked but we're in here anyway!" kind of thing. And since there are men AND women in the press, that means this: if you are press, you are allowed into the locker room at the specified times.

"I can't wrap my head around this"...it doesn't sound like you even tried.

Have you seen a WNBA press event in the locker rooms with men in the crowd? Of course not, because when was the last time you: A) Watched the WNBA or one of their press conferences, and B) Looked at the press crowd instead of the athletes? They tend to keep the cameras on the athletes, and not the pencil jockey who is asking questions ;)

[Opinion Owner]

Also forgot to add, I'm not sure if you're just taking that whole Ines Sainz incident and running with it but if you paid attention to the fallout from that, it wasn't a reaction of the NFL keeping women out...it was one where they started cracking down heavy on possibly sexist or harassing comments by players or staff.

Goes to show that they reinforced the idea of free press access (at appropriate times), instead of segregating certain people ;)

[Opinion Owner]

The WNBA doesn't have the same locker room policy as the NBA. The press has the first 30 minutes after a game to conduct locker room reporting, then they are ushered out. There is usually a neutral site for the press to conduct further reporting or interviews afterward. But the WNBA athletes know not to start getting undressed and showering until after press time.

[the_champ]

Please don't belittle my knowledge then wink like your trying to be friendly, thank you. The WNBA does not have the same pen locker room policy as the NBA. With the WNBA reporters (male and female) are allowed in for 30 minutes after the end of the game and then ushered out so the female athletes can shower and change in total privacy. Because of the short time period the athletes do not begin changing until the reporters are out of the locker room. This policy is in place to ensure that

[the_champ]

no male reporters are present while female athletes are in any state of undress. THIS IS THE POLICY FOR ANY WOMENS SPORTS THAT PERMIT REPORTERS IN THE LOCKER ROOM. With the NBA or all mens professional and most college sports, female reportersare allowed into the locker room 10 minutes after the game ends and can stay until the last athlete leaves. Male athletes are forced to shower and change in front of female reporters. This situation represents a huge DOUBLE STANDARD where female athletes

[the_champ]

have their privacy rights protected and male athletes have their privacy rights totally violated. I encourage you to do some more research ;)

[Opinion Owner]

I've done my research, and I see that I now got you to do yours. You seem to have come to the same conclusion that I told you initially, only it took getting your foreskin rumpled up to get there. So now for round 2:

I suggest you look up a woman by the name of Ann Killion, who has covered sports for a long time and has only said what I'm telling you: there are specified times for media to conduct interviews near the locker room areas...

[Opinion Owner]

...which is pretty much new practice (i.e. post-game conferences). Showering areas are screened in all major arenas. The NFL especially allows for a much shorter time before the press have access, and their locker rooms are built with this privacy in mind these days. Specified media DAYS are also common in sports, where the athletes know exactly when the press will arrive.

[Opinion Owner]

So again, quit being a keyboard warrior when you're just showing a ton of ignorance on a topic that you apparently "can't wrap your head around". It took you one Google search and one link to find what you commented with, because I can link that article to this comment section. If that is what you call research, then you're stupider than I thought.

So fuck nugget, I suggest YOU do proper research before trying to be an internet hero on something you only know casually up to this point ;)

[the_champ]

You call telling me about how their a media days and media times, research? That's ground level basics infant knowledge that you bring up like some sort of revelation. You admit yourself that the NFL has even short times before press access so these athletes are forced to change in their presence. Go ahead link where I got that quote from because there are a lot of other good comments there.

[Opinion Owner]

Apparently the specifics of this topic aren't common knowledge, if I'm telling you to do more research and you still aren't. Did you ever find out who Ann Killion is? Of course not, I'll do the work for you ;)

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To add to my previous points, some examples from around the sports world:

[Opinion Owner]

-A reporter by the name of Dan Lauletta has said that early in his career covering the WNBA, locker room access and policy compliance was never an issue. But apparently a random GAGer suddenly has found an issue?

-MLS here in the United States allows for media access, while the English Premier League does not

-The NWSL leaves media access rules up to each of their individual teams, having their PR agent handle the team's wishes and/or policies

-The USTA bars all media access from locker rooms

[Opinion Owner]

And as I told you already, and you confirmed (as if you were giving me new information or something lol), the WBNA has a 30 minute media access policy. Oh and just to note, the following picture in the Indiana Fever WOMEN'S locker room was taken by *huge gasp* a MALE reporter:

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[Opinion Owner]

Look at those women running and screaming for their privacy. Oh the shame and horror. Who would allow such pigs like men into a women's locker room?!

[Opinion Owner]

Oh and one last thing for your moronic self, I will even do you the favor of trying to find the article from an NFL reporter I read months ago where he stated that the 10 minute "cool down" rule for NFL players at post-game is hardly, if ever observed. He said it extends beyond 10 minutes, sometimes even to very long lengths of time. And on top of that, some players don't leave the private areas of the locker room during the media's access time.

[the_champ]

Dude I've done my research, nothing your telling me is news to me, I just don't have as much spare time on my hands to sit around writing novels on this website. You're missing the point, I'm not saying we should have male reporters in female locker rooms when they're naked and changing. I'm sayin its a double standard that female reporters are allowed in the locker room during a period where the men can and will be naked, where as womens sports the rules are such that no reporters

[the_champ]

(male or female, but clearly instituted for the privacy from males) will be in there at any time the females can be naked. If you can't see this a double standard than you are half of the problem. I believe the rights of the privacy rights of men to change in a changing room come over the rights of female reporters to get a quote. That being said, we should kick all reporters (male and femal) out of these dressing rooms and make them all wait to to interviews.

[Opinion Owner]

And I think it is you that is suddenly doing this research because someone called you out for not knowing what you're talking about. I provided different policies from different sports to show that there isn't a typical protocol for media access, and you take it upon yourself to assume why or why not certain policies are the way they are.

I can explain it to you, show you links, have you read words from actual reporters...but I can't comprehend it for you.

[Jsonason]

I've been in female locker rooms for jobs. You just talk to whoever you've talked to before and get the OK to go in. No big deal.

[Anonymous]

Really? Huh…I never knew that. Who knows why…someone probably bitched at some point lol

[Anonymous]

because girls aren't physically attracted to guys where guys are attracted to women so they don't want them in a locker room. The girl reporter is probably grossed out by seeing the guys in the locker room

[the_champ]

Wow, just wow.

[Anonymous]

I've never noticed.

But the answer is obvious. Females never went around raping males.

[Jsonason]

That's also why women never go to a beach with men around. Oh, wait.

[kheserthorpe]

Its been a big problem on camera reports raping women?

[Reynier]

...eh, yeah they have.

[the_champ]

It happens. here is a link to a site that talks about his hidden epidemic: link

[the_champ]

this hidden epidemic*

[rotinaj10]

Awful answer... Just awful

[Anonymous]

i don't think women go to the actual locker room I always thought they were standing just outside the locker room for interview.

[the_champ]

They are right up in there, 100% certain of that.

[QueenPolo]

Probably because nobody sees it as a big deal.

[the_champ]

Did you think of the male athletes having to expose themselves and how they might care? Its only because its male athletes rights being violated and male reporters being oppressed that its 'not a big deal' If it was the other way around their would be shouts of sexism.

[toricakes]

It will make men look like pervs

[Kellyht01]

Privacy

[the_champ]

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