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Toxic Environment for Female Athletes - ‘College Volleyball’s Spartan Meltdown’

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UtopiaPlanitia · 01/11/2024 17:43

I can’t recommend this excellent well-researched article enough - this journalist really did a great job at understanding all the issues that the female players and the assistant coach of this team are experiencing:

https://quillette.com/2024/11/01/college-volleyballs-spartan-meltdown/

‘In a scathing Title IX Complaint obtained by Quillette, a San José State University women’s volleyball coach explains how her school’s aggressively enforced transgender-inclusion policy created a toxic environment for female athletes.’

College Volleyball’s Spartan Meltdown

In a scathing Title IX Complaint obtained by Quillette, a San José State University women’s volleyball coach explains how her school’s aggressively enforced transgender-inclusion policy created a toxic environment for female athletes.

https://quillette.com/2024/11/01/college-volleyballs-spartan-meltdown

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Not2identifying · 01/11/2024 23:43

No, I didn't, I missed that. Thanks for letting me know, I'll check that out.

NoBinturongsHereMate · 01/11/2024 21:25

Not2identifying · 01/11/2024 19:25

An excellent, if bloody infuriating, article. And it completely misses all the changing room stuff that would really matter to me. It's amazing to think that, I, living on the other side of the world, with no volleyball knowledge, care so much more for that team than do the people around them.

Did you watch the embedded video, in which Brooke Slusser reveals she was put in shared accommodation with the trans.player without being informed?

Nothingeverything · 01/11/2024 21:19

It's so clear to EVERYONE that this situation is unfair which makes it even more infuriating that the wishes of one male are prioritized over the women again and again. What a toxic message.

Runor · 01/11/2024 20:04

Great article, thanks for posting Utopia. Great one to share too - the truth is that most teenage girls will be far more interested to hear about college-age women at San Jose and the ‘Wolfpack’ of Nevada standing up for women’s rights than to listen to their mothers’ opinions

biddyboo · 01/11/2024 20:04

Fantastic article. It's interesting hearing about the dissent on Flemings own team, and the toxic culture that has ensued. I knew that one of Fleming teammates had spoken out, but I didn't know about the associate head coach speaking out too. I don't understand how any sane adult with eyes in their head can preside over this.

Not2identifying · 01/11/2024 19:25

An excellent, if bloody infuriating, article. And it completely misses all the changing room stuff that would really matter to me. It's amazing to think that, I, living on the other side of the world, with no volleyball knowledge, care so much more for that team than do the people around them.

viques · 01/11/2024 18:49

Another one for the rapidly expanding “it will never happen” file.

Some brave women standing up for what they know is right, some risking their scholarships, education, future employment, others risking their professional reputations , current and future employment. All for someone who is so entitled they think their personal advancement through a lie is more important.