France’s Viral Ice Dancing Team Has A Dark Backstory

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://defector.com/frances-viral-ice-dancing-team-has-a-dark-backstory

FOLKS, THIS IS A CRISIS ON THE MAT! USA Gymnastics and SafeSport just FUMBLED THE ROUTINE in protecting young athletes! It's like they're doing MENTAL GYMNASTICS instead of safeguarding our future Olympians! This coach scandal could SHATTER the foundation of US gymnastics! Will we see a COMEBACK, or is this the final dismount for these organizations? The scorecards are in, and it's NOT PRETTY!

https://thetruthperspective.org/node/5900

#Gymnastics #SafeSport #AthleteSafety #OlympicScandal

Sexual Harassment in US Biathlon: Stories & Steps Forward

Explore the systemic issues of sexual harassment and retaliation in US Biathlon, and learn how to address and prevent these challenges for a safer sports community. #USBiathlon #JoanWilder #GraceBoutot #JoanneReid #MaxCobb #DeedraIrwin #SafeSport #SexualHarassment #FemaleAthletes

https://blog.helmerfriedman.com/sexual-harassment-in-us-biathlon-stories-steps-forward/

A CBC look at women at risk in running and societal pressures that continue to put the responsibility on women to keep themselves safe.

‘"She was the fiercest, bravest, strongest woman I have ever met in my life. But none of that mattered.

Because a man decided one day that he wanted to hurt a woman, and would do whatever it took to get what he wanted, including taking her life."

Putting the responsibility of "staying safe" onto women is a barrier to actual change, because it shifts the focus from the systems that allow gendered violence to fester, said Jean Ketterling, assistant teaching professor at the University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, who is also an avid trail runner.’

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/running-safety-women-1.7366905

#Misogyny #SafeSport #Running #Women #WomensRights #Femicide #GenderViolence