Rick Westhead's book We Breed Lions has important message for hockey

After the conclusion of the recent Hockey Canada sexual assault trial, my wife asked me a simple question. Article content

Had I ever been afraid while walking home at night in the dark? Article content Article content

I immediately recognized why she was asking and answered, honestly, “no.”

Her answer was, quite obviously, yes — and she went on to say that this was a thing she and many women she knew had been discussing, especially after the trial. How men and women move through the world is very different. And in the dark, the fear of having a man accost you was ever present. It was something she wanted me to understand.

Women, she said, move in groups for this reason. That I didn’t ever think in these terms told a story she noted and I immediately understood her point.

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