rubyblue Posted February 21, 2020 Posted February 21, 2020 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.
yuzuangel Posted February 21, 2020 Posted February 21, 2020 Renamed this thread because it is no longer only about the SafeSport investigation in the U.S.
jitterbug70 Posted March 18, 2020 Posted March 18, 2020 Hi, I don’t suppose this has been posted yet?
rubyblue Posted March 18, 2020 Posted March 18, 2020 59 minutes ago, jitterbug70 said: Hi, I don’t suppose this has been posted yet? Hashimoto listed as an abuser
SitTwizzle Posted March 18, 2020 Posted March 18, 2020 50 minutes ago, rubyblue said: Hashimoto listed as an abuser Is it really established that she is?
rubyblue Posted March 18, 2020 Posted March 18, 2020 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.
SitTwizzle Posted March 18, 2020 Posted March 18, 2020 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?)
rockstaryuzu Posted June 11, 2020 Posted June 11, 2020 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).)
rockstaryuzu Posted June 11, 2020 Posted June 11, 2020 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.
Fay Posted July 3, 2020 Posted July 3, 2020 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
SparkleSalad Posted July 3, 2020 Posted July 3, 2020 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.
Fay Posted July 3, 2020 Posted July 3, 2020 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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