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Mike Milbury calling women a ‘disruption’ is nothing new, writes guest columnist @catmsilverman.
Being a woman in a men’s professional sport is exhausting. Here's why: https://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey/opinion/2020/08/21/mike-milbury-calling-women-a-disruption-is-nothing-new-im-a-woman-working-in-sports-and-im-exhausted.html?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=Audience&utm_content=mikemilburycolumn
Being a woman in a men’s professional sport is exhausting. Here's why: https://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey/opinion/2020/08/21/mike-milbury-calling-women-a-disruption-is-nothing-new-im-a-woman-working-in-sports-and-im-exhausted.html?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=Audience&utm_content=mikemilburycolumn
It’s the insults hurled in comment sections for articles written by women, or trolls shaming their thoughts and opinions on social media. https://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey/opinion/2020/08/21/mike-milbury-calling-women-a-disruption-is-nothing-new-im-a-woman-working-in-sports-and-im-exhausted.html?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=Audience&utm_content=mikemilburycolumn
It’s the heavy undertone in the overheard comments by an away team’s PR manager to “get ready, there are women working with this team.” https://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey/opinion/2020/08/21/mike-milbury-calling-women-a-disruption-is-nothing-new-im-a-woman-working-in-sports-and-im-exhausted.html?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=Audience&utm_content=mikemilburycolumn
It’s the way long-standing members of the sport still cut their conversations short when women walk up or suggest that one-on-one interviews be done quickly so players don’t “feel uncomfortable with too much banter.” https://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey/opinion/2020/08/21/mike-milbury-calling-women-a-disruption-is-nothing-new-im-a-woman-working-in-sports-and-im-exhausted.html?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=Audience&utm_content=mikemilburycolumn
It’s the implications that dressing well is done with ulterior motives, and the demands that everything be said with near-robotic professionalism and never with personality or humour. https://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey/opinion/2020/08/21/mike-milbury-calling-women-a-disruption-is-nothing-new-im-a-woman-working-in-sports-and-im-exhausted.html?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=Audience&utm_content=mikemilburycolumn
I grew up in love with hockey. At times, like when I'm coaching, it feels like the game loves me back.
At other times, though, I hear exhausting comments that make me feel like I’m a disruption just for being who I am, and it takes some of that love away. https://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey/opinion/2020/08/21/mike-milbury-calling-women-a-disruption-is-nothing-new-im-a-woman-working-in-sports-and-im-exhausted.html?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=Audience&utm_content=mikemilburycolumn
At other times, though, I hear exhausting comments that make me feel like I’m a disruption just for being who I am, and it takes some of that love away. https://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey/opinion/2020/08/21/mike-milbury-calling-women-a-disruption-is-nothing-new-im-a-woman-working-in-sports-and-im-exhausted.html?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=Audience&utm_content=mikemilburycolumn
"I watch the way marginalized communities in hockey are treated — especially women of colour — and I feel like the amount of love that I’ve poured into the sport isn’t exactly the amount of love that the sport is willing to pour back out." - @catmsilverman https://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey/opinion/2020/08/21/mike-milbury-calling-women-a-disruption-is-nothing-new-im-a-woman-working-in-sports-and-im-exhausted.html?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=Audience&utm_content=mikemilburycolumn
Things are changing, to be sure, writes @catmsilverman, thanks to @SportBlake, @wick_22, @KendallCoyne, @AJMleczko, @lyndsey_fry_18 and @schellingf earning their seats at the table. https://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey/opinion/2020/08/21/mike-milbury-calling-women-a-disruption-is-nothing-new-im-a-woman-working-in-sports-and-im-exhausted.html?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=Audience&utm_content=mikemilburycolumn
But for every leap and bound taken, there are still so many men in the sport who continue to think women are stealing those seats, writes @catmsilverman.
And it's exhausting. https://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey/opinion/2020/08/21/mike-milbury-calling-women-a-disruption-is-nothing-new-im-a-woman-working-in-sports-and-im-exhausted.html?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=Audience&utm_content=mikemilburycolumn
And it's exhausting. https://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey/opinion/2020/08/21/mike-milbury-calling-women-a-disruption-is-nothing-new-im-a-woman-working-in-sports-and-im-exhausted.html?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=Audience&utm_content=mikemilburycolumn
