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4.47 AVERAGE
4.47 AVERAGE
Pretty much a must read for anyone involved/around/friend of/coaching women's sports mainly track.
4.5 stars, super important story to be told for female athletes and women in general, definitely recommend
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I’d never even heard of Lauren Fleshman but now I’m a little in love with her - such an inspiration & all around badass! her love for running can be felt so viscerally & it’s clear she is committed to changing the harsh (often dangerous) realities of what women face in athletics. the research she presents is discouraging (none of it was shocking… still unsettling) but her passion for building a new system that will support women filled me with hope.
challenging
reflective
slow-paced
"The sports environments we fought so hard to have equal access to were built by men for men and boys. Our definition of gender equality has been, 'Getting what the men have, the way they have it' and it's backfiring. We fold and smash women and girls into a male-based infrastructure and then scratch our heads when the same friction points show up again and again."
"If there had been intentional space made in sports for menstrual health and symptom management by coaches and staff, I would have viewed my cycle as something to learn from and work with instead of a limiting inconvenience that made me resent my female body."
"But equality doesn't end at the equal right to play. True equality in sports, like any other industry, requires rebuilding the systems so that there is an equal chance to thrive."
"If there had been intentional space made in sports for menstrual health and symptom management by coaches and staff, I would have viewed my cycle as something to learn from and work with instead of a limiting inconvenience that made me resent my female body."
"But equality doesn't end at the equal right to play. True equality in sports, like any other industry, requires rebuilding the systems so that there is an equal chance to thrive."
Learned a lot! Can't wait for our book club discussion on this one as I live in a big running community.
adventurous
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