Guest of Anne Roumanoff's program "It feels good", Olympic boxer and vice-president of the French National Olympic and Sports Committee (CNOSF), Sarah Ourahmoune, warns about the taboo of sexual violence in sport.
A taboo that has started to break in recent months, thanks to the initiatives of sportswomen.
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More than three years after the start of the MeToo movement, several professional sectors are breaking the taboo of sexual and gender-based violence.
But the sports community is still lagging behind in listening to the words of the victims, according to an open letter signed by 54 Olympic athletes.
Among them, Sarah Ourahmoune, Olympic boxer and vice-president of the French National Olympic and Sports Committee (CNOSF).
Guest of the program
It feels good
on Europe 1, the athlete encourages the victims to speak out.
“Sexual violence in sport has been a taboo for years,” she regrets.
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“But for a few months, it wakes up: sportswomen talk, the media take turns,” she also observes.
For the boxer, it is urgent to raise awareness on these issues in the world of sport, at all levels, amateurs and professionals.
"The victims suffered for years"
According to Sarah Ourahmoune, recent speeches by professional athletes have shaken the sports community.
"It is important to relay the words of all these sportswomen who have been victims", she supports.
"For years those words were hushed up and the victims even felt guilty at times. So they suffered for years."
The good news is that the lines are starting to shift, admittedly too slowly.
"It is new and it is necessary", rejoices Sarah Ourahmoune.
"I am delighted to see that slowly, it evolves."