‘Code of Misconduct’ is a Disturbing Look at the Psychology Behind Hockey’s Toxic Culture

Code of Misconduct affirms what many legal experts have long argued: that our justice system is not meant to work for victims of sexual assault. It seems futile to seek justice through the courts. That futility may be more pronounced for survivors where the perpetrators are hockey players, who are nationally revered.

A more original insight the film offers is how hockey culture creates a mentality in which no player is seen, or sees themselves, as mere individuals. Rather, they understand themselves as corporal extensions of one and other — both on the ice and in their sexuality — and that allegiance to the pack subsumes any individual judgement. This culture fosters the belief that women are to be hunted, and that all prey must be shared.

Given this distressing reality, the question at the heart of the film is: how do we possibly proceed with our national pastime as it exists, when we know what we know?

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