Women and Girls

The truth is, this is the life of many females in sports, not just gymnastics. Women’s sports, from volleyball to track and field, have included over-sexualized uniforms for decades. In track, women wear sports bras and tiny briefs on the bottom, but men get to wear longer shorts and tank tops. In gymnastics, women wear…

For centuries, menstruation has been used to exclude 50 percent of the world’s population. Religious traditions, educational institutions and our governments have used unfounded myths to perpetuate the idea that menstruation is shameful; that those who have periods are dirty, or even dangerous. Females Forward Together found that only 60 percent of people find it…