What makes me cringe now is Vin’s—and my—inclination to place blame on the women, without any acknowledgment of the forces at play for us. The outcomes he described—eating disorders, self-harm, self-sabotage—predictably show up on teams all over the world. But instead of asking why, we shake our heads in frustration and continue to blame the women. These behaviors look like personal choices, but they are choices made within a particular sporting environment that women had to fight to get access to but did not get a chance to create.
