This article is about how a gymnastics team physician has molested a gymnast since age 13, along with many others. Although this article centers around one girl, McKayla Maroney. McKayla’s being molested started under the guise of “medically necessary treatment” this treatment started at age 13 and the article hasn’t mentioned what age at which it stopped. McKayla stated her story in a twitter post under the hashtag #MeToo, a campaign sparked by the abuse claims against Harvey Weinstein. McKayla states that, “this is happening everywhere” and that while she did what she had to do to get to her dream, it was “unnecessary and disgusting.” The article mentions how everyone who stands up and shares their story has quite a lot of courage. Because
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I’m incredibly glad that Nassar has been stopped and that he will not be harming anymore innocent people. I’m outraged that she felt that she had to keep this to herself for 8 years. I agree with her that this is happening everywhere. I truly think that we need a way to stop it and not let people hurt others in the ways that they do. I know it can be hard to let people see that you can be vulnerable even if it means that justice is more likely to be served. I never have understood why people traumatize others like they do. I mean how can you be so self-centered that you only care about your own wants and not the needs of others. Those are the people that I truly hate and will never understand. I’m very sure that these are the kinds of people that belong in jail and that they need to be stopped, although I have no idea how we would do so. We need to find a way to stop this. Change is in order and I don’t want to live in fear to walk on the streets alone at night, as a child that isn’t something I need to do. I still fear the day that I do. I don’t want my niece to be raised in a world like
I’m incredibly glad that Nassar has been stopped and that he will not be harming anymore innocent people. I’m outraged that she felt that she had to keep this to herself for 8 years. I agree with her that this is happening everywhere. I truly think that we need a way to stop it and not let people hurt others in the ways that they do. I know it can be hard to let people see that you can be vulnerable even if it means that justice is more likely to be served. I never have understood why people traumatize others like they do. I mean how can you be so self-centered that you only care about your own wants and not the needs of others. Those are the people that I truly hate and will never understand. I’m very sure that these are the kinds of people that belong in jail and that they need to be stopped, although I have no idea how we would do so. We need to find a way to stop this. Change is in order and I don’t want to live in fear to walk on the streets alone at night, as a child that isn’t something I need to do. I still fear the day that I do. I don’t want my niece to be raised in a world like