Scan barcode
A review by moholub
The Price She Pays: Confronting the Hidden Mental Health Crisis in Women's Sports—from the Schoolyard to the Stadium by Katie Steele, Tiffany Brown
challenging
dark
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
As women's sports continue to rise in the public eye, the celebration of athletic achievement has also shone a light on the messy underside, including the culture of toxic and abusive coaching environments (tl;dr: NWSL's Sally Yates Report, USA Gymnastics Larry Nassar Scandal, Nike Oregon Project Lawsuit, etc...) and the stigma surrounding mental health support for athletes. Steele and Brown's "The Price She Pays" tackles these topics and more, taking on the sports world at all levels and challenging it with the main question on every female athlete's mind: how do we make sure that the athletes coming after us have a safer, healthier, and happier sports environment than we did?
The extensive and thorough research in this book makes it required reading for anyone working with or raising a female athlete, covering everything from period equity to body image issue and eating disorders to the impact of social media. Equal parts educational and a call to action, Steele and Brown strive to raise awareness of the changes needed to foster a safer and supportive sports culture for our female athletes to succeed.
The extensive and thorough research in this book makes it required reading for anyone working with or raising a female athlete, covering everything from period equity to body image issue and eating disorders to the impact of social media. Equal parts educational and a call to action, Steele and Brown strive to raise awareness of the changes needed to foster a safer and supportive sports culture for our female athletes to succeed.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Eating disorder, Alcoholism, Racism, Sexual harassment, Addiction, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Body shaming, Alcohol, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Drug use, Sexual violence, Drug abuse, Suicide, and Fatphobia
This book covers a variety of topics related to emotional abuse and toxic coaching relationships. It also includes personal accounts from a range of female athletes discussing emotional abuse, eating disorders, anxiety and depression, self harm, substance abuse, body shaming, abortion, suicidal thoughts and suicide attempts. The accounts are not graphic but they are emotional and candid and, most importantly, real experiences of real people.