In the few locker rooms where I wasn’t being pants’d or stuff into a locker, even the most neanderthal of the bunch didn’t brag about sexual assault. Objectifying, sure, yes, and admittedly common (and awful). Sexual assault, no. It’s not goddamn normal.

Joking around about sexual assault? Bullshit. This was not “she has a nice ass” talk, this was an admission of guilt of criminal behavior. God forbid you have a daughter.

God yes, seriously, this isn’t “locker room talk”. If anything it’s “12 year old morons on internet forums talk”.

Guys don’t get to decide whether or not the results of holding themselves to obscenely low standards are offensive or contribute to broader cultural attitudes about sexual assault. Him thinking it’s a joke isn’t the most important factor in whether or not it’s received as one by the people he’s joking about.

I’ve been in plenty of locker rooms. Implying that you enjoy sexually assualting women with impunity is not and has never been a normal topic of conversation.