From a female who has played & worked in/out of sports her entire life here’s what we ALL have to do (regardless of gender) so that young women won’t have to ask “am I tough enough?” & “is this worth it?” to work in a male-dominated industry (1/6 or so): https://www.forbes.com/sites/emilyiannaconi/2020/09/07/the-mistreatment-of-women-by-the-washington-football-team-has-females-in-sports-wondering-is-this-worth-it/">https://www.forbes.com/sites/emi...

1 - Believe women in sports.
2 - Listen to women in sports.
3 - Support women in sports.
4 - Encourage women in sports.
5 - Mentor women in sports.
6 - Respect women in sports.

(2/6 or so).

7 - Treat women in sports as equals.
8 - Treat women in sports as humans (not objects).
9 - Treat women in sports as pros (not jokes).
10 - Lead women in sports.
11 - Lead AS women in sports.
12 - Speak up AS women in sports.

(3/6 or so).

13 - Believe, support, listen, encourage, mentor & respect each other AS women in sports (females, esp. should have each other’s backs in an industry in which we face the same challenges). Men, obviously, need to step up but we must work WITH not against each other. (4/6 or so).

“Their experience is ORDINARY in a field where women make up less than 14 per cent of sports journalists and fewer than four percent of sports media coverage is on female athletes (5/6).

More from @Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/emilyiannaconi/2020/09/07/the-mistreatment-of-women-by-the-washington-football-team-has-females-in-sports-wondering-is-this-worth-it/">https://www.forbes.com/sites/emi...

“During what has become a #MeToo https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt=""> movement in the sports world, following the allegations of 40 women (in) one org., aspiring female journalists are asking... ‘Am I tough enough?’ & ‘Is this worth it?’ “
- @Forbes

Original @washingtonpost reports: https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2020/08/31/nfl-assumes-oversight-investigation-into-washington-football-team-workplace">https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/20... (6/6)