by admin | Nov 28, 2022 | #MeToo, Representation, SEW
After scoring the goal which won her injury-ravaged team a crucial point in the UEFA Women’s Champions League away to Juventus last night, Arsenal striker Vivianne Miedema implored those in control of the women’s game to take better care of their athletes...
by admin | Nov 2, 2022 | #MeToo, Representation, SEW
On Tuesday, Congresswoman Deborah Ross (D-N.C.) and 43 other members of Congress published an open letter to U.S. Soccer calling for the organization’s cooperation with an investigation into systemic abuse across the NWSL. The letter was issued approximately a month...
by admin | Oct 25, 2022 | #MeToo, Representation, SEW
Officials of bodybuilding’s two premier federations have been sexually exploiting female athletes for decades — pressuring them to pose for nude photographs, posting those photos to soft-core pornography sites, and, at times, manipulating contest results in favor of...
by admin | Oct 11, 2022 | #MeToo, Representation, SEW
But we start with the fallout from last week’s shocking report by former acting U.S. attorney general Sally Q. Yates, who detailed systemic sexual and verbal abuse and harassment in the NWSL that have been going on since the league’s establishment a decade ago. The...
by admin | Sep 13, 2022 | #MeToo, Representation, SEW
U.S. Soccer says an investigation into alleged abuse and misconduct in the National Women’s Soccer League is expected to be completed by early next month. The investigation, led by former acting U.S. Attorney General Sally Yates, was initiated last fall after...
by admin | Jul 5, 2022 | #MeToo, Representation, SEW
England defender Lucy Bronze has revealed she has been brought to tears by misogynistic abuse. Ahead of England’s opening Euro 2022 game against Austria on Wednesday, Bronze said: “I don’t cry over injuries. Misogynistic comments affect me more than...
by admin | Jun 24, 2022 | #MeToo, Representation, SEW
Former Wimbledon finalist Andrea Jaeger says she was sexually harassed “at least 30 times” in the women’s locker room during her career by a WTA staff member. In an interview with The Independent, Jaeger, who turned professional at just 14 years old and peaked at No 2...
by admin | Jun 17, 2022 | #MeToo, SEW
The Michigan Supreme Court on Friday rejected a final appeal from sports doctor Larry Nassar, who was sentenced to decades in prison for sexually assaulting gymnasts, including Olympic medalists. Attorneys for Nassar said he was treated unfairly in 2018 and deserved a...
by admin | Jun 10, 2022 | #MeToo, Representation, SEW
“If I said I wasn’t nervous I’d be lying,” Anyika Onuora suggests with a little smile in the front room of her mother’s house in Liverpool. We have known each other since I first interviewed Onuora in April 2017 and in the intervening years she has confidentially told...
by admin | Jun 9, 2022 | #MeToo, SEW
The accusations have been frequent and startling: more than two dozen women have said the football star Deshaun Watson harassed or assaulted them during massage appointments that Watson and his lawyers insist were innocuous. Two grand juries in Texas this year...
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