February 21, 20206 yr 10 minutes ago, jitterbug70 said: Ooof did Gabi delete her Insta post? Yes. Maybe she's not that enthusiastic after reading that Nathalie it is not going to do major cleansing in organization.
February 21, 20206 yr Renamed this thread because it is no longer only about the SafeSport investigation in the U.S.
March 18, 20206 yr 59 minutes ago, jitterbug70 said: Hi, I don’t suppose this has been posted yet? Hashimoto listed as an abuser
March 18, 20206 yr 50 minutes ago, rubyblue said: Hashimoto listed as an abuser Is it really established that she is?
March 18, 20206 yr 10 minutes ago, SitTwizzle said: Is it really established that she is? I don't think so, as Takahashi's agent denied that (as mentioned). Very few cases are "established" in FS world - that's the core of the problem and that's what this article is about. But I appreciate that they listed it as a significant case to show it's a problem of entire skating world, no matter what country and culture.
March 18, 20206 yr I understand the denial may have been, either because there was no abuse, or because Daisuke Takahashi doesn't want "waves" (it may be because he thinks she simply lost her reserve when drunk and he doesn't perceive her as an abuser?)
June 11, 20206 yr Tangentially related, goes to show it's in every sport: https://ca.yahoo.com/news/top-u-swim-coaches-abused-192548406.html (By the way, the above article hits home for me as we had a coach at my swim club in the 1980s who "seduced" (groomed, he definitely groomed her) a girl a year older than me aka 16 (and at the time I was swimming for the club!) and then dragged her off to another city with him after the club found out what he was up to and fired him. The club wasn't able to take any further action than to warn the next place that hired him unfortunately, as there were no further mechanisms available at the time (late 80's).)
June 11, 20206 yr On 3/18/2020 at 10:05 AM, rubyblue said: Hashimoto listed as an abuser Good. Even if Takahashi doesn't want to make a fuss, what she did was not acceptable because of the power imbalance.
July 3, 20206 yr Meanwhile Johnny Weir and Tara Lipinski took part in a vulgar spoof making dirty jokes about Bradie Tennell. I always thought they weren’t really smart, but this is downright stupid
July 3, 20206 yr Worse than stupid. They're two people in a position of power humiliating a skater and encouraging the sexualisation of ladies' figure skating knowing full well how many senior skaters are literal children. To hell with them both.
July 3, 20206 yr Actually, it would leave the same aftertaste with me even if they only chose to speak of adult skaters. This sort of “humour” just puts me off - ok, there are certain contexts where it would be ok-ish, but to see this on television about a fellow skater - or any other athlete, come to that, - is just so much wtf. I won’t be sorry for them to leave commentating behind. Both come across as narcissistic beings, really.
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