The Limited Times

Now you can see non-English news...

French sport faced with the scandal of sexual violence

2020-02-21T06:41:56.801Z


Hit in the heart by the revelations of assaults and rapes, the sports world trembles. A big national convention is organized this Friday.


The world of cinema, business, politics ... Born in 2007 but truly put in the spotlight from 2017 and the beginning of the Harvey Weinstein affair - named after this powerful American film producer accused of sexual assault and rape by many actresses - the #MeToo movement has rocked society in recent years. From revelations to scandals, it allowed a liberation of female speech and put an end to a silence protecting for too long the culprits of these abuses. Surprisingly, the world of sport had however been little affected by this movement, even if the American gymnast Simone Biles had launched a real pavement in the pool by revealing, in early 2018, the assaults of which she had been the victim, but also a multitude of her teammates, from the American team doctor. However, it would have been necessary to be a great naive, or a smug idealist, to believe that sportswomen lived in a protected islet of

This article is for subscribers only. You still have 81% to discover.

Subscribe: € 1 for 2 months

cancellable at any time

Enter your email

Already subscribed? Login

Source: lefigaro

All sports articles on 2020-02-21

You may like

Trends 24h

Latest

© Communities 2019 - Privacy

The information on this site is from external sources that are not under our control.
The inclusion of any links does not necessarily imply a recommendation or endorse the views expressed within them.