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2018-01-30 -Lurid Crime Tales-

It's Not Blame-Shifting To Ask Where The Parents Were In The Gymnastics Sex Abuse Cases

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Posted by Besoeker 2018-01-30 08:14|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Embrace the power of "and".

Posted by gorb 2018-01-30 09:07|| 2018-01-30 09:07|| Front Page Top

#2 Fame (same as Hollyweird hopefuls who 'knew all along')

Posted by Procopius2k 2018-01-30 09:58|| 2018-01-30 09:58|| Front Page Top

#3 I've seen college gymnastics on TV the last couple of days. All I could think of was the trick of making a dog hold a treat on its nose.

Of course the perp is the only one responsible, but dang, the temptations are sweet and plentiful.

Who designs and specifies those costumes/uniforms anyway?

Posted by AlanC 2018-01-30 10:17|| 2018-01-30 10:17|| Front Page Top

#4 The leotards used to be much simpler and more modest, AlanC. The trend toward skin and sparkles came gradually, as it did in women’s ice skating —probably in part coming from the girls themselves.

One thing should be noted: the girls were sent away from home to board at the training facilities at a fairly young age, and are themselves highly disciplined and driven to endure a great deal in order to succeed. As far as I am aware, none of the girls allowed the sexual abuse to prevent them from reaching for gold, and often enough attaining it, over the years.

Meanwhile, the parents were working long hours to afford the high costs of the gymnastics boarding school, and very likely hearing nothing from their daughters, just as they didn’t hear serious complaints about torn muscles, strict diets, and trying to find time to do schoolwork amid the long hours in the gym.

Posted by trailing wife 2018-01-30 11:04|| 2018-01-30 11:04|| Front Page Top

#5 You could ask the same question when it comes to the horrible 'public' education K-12 students have been 'receiving' (or not receiving) these past twenty years or so.

Posted by Raj 2018-01-30 11:16|| 2018-01-30 11:16|| Front Page Top

#6 The same place the parents of aspiring teen age actors/actresses were/are.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2018-01-30 13:40|| 2018-01-30 13:40|| Front Page Top

#7 Didn't we just have a long discussion about absent parents working long hours and it's effect on children?

You make good points TW.

As the earlier article suggests and you reinforce, group bonding by adolescents also fosters competition. Sure the girls wanted to 'sparkle' more. I wonder if there also weren't 'trophy' males to conquer.

Posted by Skidmark 2018-01-30 14:14|| 2018-01-30 14:14|| Front Page Top

#8 Male gymnasts are probably at different schools -- they use different equipment than the girls, except for the floor exercise, so there would be no cost savings to having them train together, and too much distraction, Skidmark. Not to mention that boys continue to develop strength well into college and beyond, while the top girls often struggle past eighteen or so, as their bodies settle into a more womanly form skewing the strength to power ratio.

Finally, any girl who allows herself to be distracted by the idea of boys will lose to those keeping their eyes and efforts firmly focussed on gymnastics, however nice a boy in the hand might be.

Posted by trailing wife 2018-01-30 17:39|| 2018-01-30 17:39|| Front Page Top

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