What Does Respect for Women Look Like in Everyday Conversations

Today, after my routine badminton session with my partners, we were heading home when one of them, a 24-year-old, mentioned he wouldn't be joining tomorrow because his wife was going out, and he needed to look after their newborn. Another partner jokingly suggested that he should call his sister-in-law over—first to entertain the child and then, at night, to "not feel his wife's absence." Shockingly, the first partner responded with pride, claiming he had already been intimate with his sister-in-law. Their conversation quickly devolved into a display of vulgar and degrading language about women, even those within their own families. I felt deeply uncomfortable, which they noticed. One of them asked mockingly why I looked upset, adding, "Haven't you ever had sex with anyone?" I responded that having intimacy and degrading women are two entirely different things, and such behavior is outright evil. Eventually, I had to change the subject to diffuse the situation. The most troubling part? Both men are fathers to daughters, yet they spoke about women in such a disrespectful and cheap manner.