Institutionalized Rape Culture in Youth Sports: 3 Valuable Lessons
Category: WOMEN
I was an awkward, skirted-suit-wearing 7-year-old my first day of swim team practice in 1984. My participation on a USA Swimming team improved my confidence, provided me with life-long friends, and helped me develop physical fitness that I still maintain today as a 37-year-old mother of four. It was also in this context that I met my coach and rapist, Christopher Huott.
By Dani Bostick, ContributorDisruptor of shame and silence, educator, advocate., 2015-06-08