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Going on down under

Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2021 5:56 am
by MajGenl.Meade
I agree @mPinoe but I have witnessed W my eyes..

-Women protecting women who abuse women.
-Players protecting senior players who abuse younger players.
-Organisations protecting “coaches/players” who abuse players.
Abuse is abuse.Poor behaviour is poor across all boards! https://t.co/jgYWTJa9M7
— Lisa De Vanna (@lisadevanna11) October 1, 2021
She told Sydney's Daily Telegraph that one incident involved her Young Matildas teammates "dry humping" her.

"Have I been sexually harassed? Yes. Have I been bullied? Yes? Ostracised? Yes. Have I seen things that have made me uncomfortable? Yes," she said. "In any sporting organisation and in any environment, grooming, preying and unprofessional behaviour makes me sick."

Her accounts were backed up by a former teammate, Elissia Carnavas, and her ex-manager, Rose Garofano, the newspaper reported. Another former player, Rhali Dobson, said she had also experienced "grooming when I first came onto the scene".

"It's a world that's very much still going, in the world at the top levels, and until you start addressing this, nothing is going to change," she added

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-58811918