BBC on women in sport and stalking - 'every woman has fear'

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/articles/c743834je7ko

'BBC Sport looks at why female athletes continue to hold fears, the security measures which are in place to protect them and what more can be done to ensure they feel safer.

The 'extra risk' faced by female athletes

Approximately one in five women experience stalking in their lifetime, according to the UK's Office of National Statistics.'

It's horrible that Raducanu is facing this, and depressing that it's such a prevalent issue.

An interesting point made, here, too:

'A key concern for both Women in Sport and Kyniska Advocacy is the effect caused by elite female athletes being used as marketing tools to push the growth of women's sports.
"We need to stop inadvertently overexposing elite female athletes," said Hilborne.
"It is concerning is how much they are pushed to expose their personal lives through social media and are expected to put themselves at greater risk in order to generate more income for the sport.
"We need to be selling the skills and jeopardy of the game, rather than the individual lives."'

To see Raducanu trying to hide behind the umpire stand was heart breaking.

We had the on court stabbing of Monica Seles a few years ago (by a Steffi Graf stalker).

When are women going to be safe from men. When will women’s safety be prioritised. No one gives a shit. Oh actually they do. They give a shit about those women with penises.

Speaking from my own experience, the psychological and emotional impact of something like that happening during a competition can completely derail you," Maclennan told BBC Radio 5 Live.

Yes, it's certain to have been extremely upsetting for her. Her composure will certainly have been broken, any sort of psychological shock can continue for a long time.

Just what I was thinking. It's all well and good the BBC pointing this out but what they also need to point out is that they haven't exactly been in the forefront of stopping men from entering "female" spaces and threatening us!

Is the BBC a bit like the Guardian, in that the sport section is better on this than other sections?