Unfortunately, my favourite sport is rugby, and if I don't play it I become quite depressed. For those of you out of the loop, rugby culture is probably one of the most toxic out there.
Harsh initiations that generally border on sexual harassment/assault.
Tory boys.
Misogyny, homophobia, whatever, you name it, it's there.
As one of the new guys, and one of the youngest too, if I confront the club president about this shit, I suspect I will have my shit kicked in or get kicked out the team. If I take it higher than that, the club would simply cease to exist. They only just returned from a ban due to bad initiations.
What can I do? Am a bit of a minnow in a pond of big fuck off sharks.
Gosh idk, but my general advice would be if an initiation situation becomes more problematic than you’re ok with, walk away. Don’t worry if they’d judge you or whatever the fucj. If you’re uncomfortable, walk away
Yeah I know, I've dodged all initiations in 10 years of playing, but as far as the other stuff goes I'm at a loss.