Can Male Reporters Go In Women S Locker Rooms

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Can male reporters go in women s locker rooms. Male reporters are in women s locker rooms all the time. Melissa ludtke a writer for sports illustrated is shown on the job in her office in new york jan. There will always be the player who walks naked through the locker room to make the female reporters and the male reporters uncomfortable. Last year female nhl reporters piled on don cherry after he said women don t belong in the men s locker room players are too rude he argued.

So we asked christie blatchford a female sports reporter for the globe and mail in the 70s and christine simpson sportsnet s long time nhl correspondent to tell us about their experiences. A viewer asked why women can go into men s locker rooms for their smut interviews 9news sports reporter cealey godwin decided to answer him. 23 1978 when she was involved in a court case to allow women reporters in sports locker rooms. A male reporter asked coaches bep guidolin and fred shero as a joke if they would let women in the room.

A few years back in the wake of the controversy surrounding the treatment of tv azteca reporter ines sainz by some members of the new york jets ann killion of sports illustrated addressed this persistent myth.