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TEDxUniversityofNevada

January 2017

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Redefining manhood—one locker room talk at a time

Alexis Jones is throwing in the towel on "locker room talk" -- literally. In this vibrant, funny talk, the advocacy superhero shares stories from her travels speaking to athletes inside locker rooms about sexual harassment and how to better protect and respect the women in their lives from abuse.

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This talk was presented to a local audience at TEDxUniversityofNevada, an independent event.

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Alexis Jones is throwing in the towel on "locker room talk" -- literally. In this vibrant, funny talk, the advocacy superhero shares stories from her travels speaking to athletes inside locker rooms about sexual harassment and how to better protect and respect the women in their lives from abuse.

This talk was presented to a local audience at TEDxUniversityofNevada, an independent event.

Read more about TEDx.

About the speaker

Alexis Jones

Author/ProtectHer

Alexis Jones is the co-founder of the non-profit I Am That Girl, and author of the book by the same name. After years of traveling and speaking to hundreds of thousands of girls and women, her most recent project is ProtectHer: a campaign created out of an urgency to address the ever-growing issue of domestic abuse and sexual assault on campuses.

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