by admin | Jun 17, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
When Mali qualified for the women’s basketball tournament at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, some players received a house and prize money for their part in the remarkable achievement by a country that is extremely poor and largely unsupportive of women’s rights. Another...
by admin | Jun 10, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
An Australian swimmer has withdrawn from upcoming Olympic trials, citing “misogynistic perverts” in the sport. Madeline Groves, 26, said in 2020 she had complained “a few years ago” about an unnamed person in the sport who had made her feel uncomfortable. Announcing...
by admin | Jun 10, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
Twelve female athletes will split nearly $14 million as part of a sexual abuse settlement for a lawsuit against USA Water Polo and the International Water Polo Club in California involving their ex-coach, the Associated Press reported. The athletes allege that both...
by admin | May 28, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
The worst kind of coward is the one who preys on the vulnerable, those who in many ways are powerless to fight back or far less likely to be believed in a he said-she said situation. The kind of coward Mickey Callaway is. Until Wednesday, Callaway was the Los Angeles...
by admin | May 17, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
It is no exaggeration to say that Amanda Hocking has dedicated her life to baseball — especially women’s baseball — in Britain. Playing the game has been her dream since she was a child. That is what made the events of the last few weeks doubly painful to Hocking, and...
by admin | May 10, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
A little more than three years ago, we first heard that some cheerleaders for the Washington Football Team were subjected to inappropriate parading for the private pleasure of the club’s highest-spending ticket holders, all men, at a Costa Rican resort. The team’s...
by admin | Apr 28, 2021 | #MeToo, Leadership, Representation, SEW
Battling sexism, giving a talk at Harvard University, running a podcast and stopping elite strikers – another day in the life of Janelly Farias. There’s much more to the 31-year-old Mexican-American defender than just her abilities on the field. Aside from her roles...
by admin | Apr 23, 2021 | #MeToo, Representation, SEW
She did not break any rules, but Sarah Voss’s full-body suit at the European Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Switzerland defied convention. Until now women and girls have only covered their legs in international competition for religious reasons. Voss...
by admin | Apr 16, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
Multiple employees within the New York Mets organization say their complaints about inappropriate workplace behavior were not acted on, according to a report from The Athletic. The report also details allegations of inappropriate conduct or...
by admin | Apr 13, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
A former student is suing the University of Evansville, alleging she was sexually assaulted by former men’s basketball coach Walter McCarty and that the school failed to provide a safe environment. The Title IX lawsuit was filed Monday. In it, the former...
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