Ina ƙaddamar da alamar kayan wasan motsa jiki na a yau. Ita ce tambarin wasan motsa jiki na farko kuma tilo da ya tsaya wa 'yan wasa mata da wasannin motsa jiki na mata.
Na ƙaura daga gida sa’ad da nake ɗan shekara goma sha huɗu don yin horo a ɗaya daga cikin kulab ɗin gymnastics da ake buƙata a ƙasar. Na zama zakaran Amurka a 1986.
Amma wannan take ya zo da farashi mai nauyi.
Na horar da sa'o'i 40 a mako kuma na ci gaba da cin abinci na tilasta wa yunwa. Kocina sun zarge ni a bainar jama'a saboda samun fam kwata. Na yi horo a kan karyewar ƙafa na tsawon shekaru biyu. Amma na ci gaba da tafiya.
A ƙarshe, an yi mini dukan tsiya har na yanke shawarar kashe kaina, na matsa daga wasan kuma na gina rayuwa a wajen motsa jiki. Na fara aiki a Levi's a 1999 a matsayin mataimakiyar tallata matakin shiga kuma a 2008 na zama mataimakin shugaban kasa. Duk da nasarorin da na samu, cin zarafin koci ya ci gaba da addabar ni.
A ƙoƙarina na fahimtar abin da na jimre sa'ad da nake yaro, na rubuta wani abin tunawa da ake kira Alli (2008). A lokacin, shine kawai asusun mutum na farko na mummunan yanayin horo a gymnastics. Kuma ya hada da zargin jama'a na farko cin zarafin jima'i daga kocin 1980's Team USA, Don Peters.
Tsofaffin abokan wasansu da shugabannin Gymnastics na Amurka sun yi watsi da labarina a matsayin na wani tsohon dan wasan motsa jiki ne kawai yake kokarin samun kudi. Shugaban Hukumar Gymnastics ta Amurka (USAG) ya tursasa ni da saƙon murya na zalunci.
Al'ummar gymnastics na ƙoƙarin share ɗabi'a da laifuffuka a ƙarƙashin rufaffiyar don kula da masu tallafawa kamfanoni masu riba. Hare-harensu ya ƙarfafa ni.
A watan Nuwamba 2016, larry nassar, likita na Team USA Gymnastics, an kama shi a kan zargin gwamnatin tarayya na mallakar hotunan batsa na yara. Wadannan tuhume-tuhumen masu fashewa sun bayyana al'adar mai guba don kowa ya gani. Bayan shekaru takwas na tsangwama, an fanshe ni.
Ni ne Babban Jami'in Kasuwanci (CMO) a Levi's a wannan lokacin. Na yi mamakin cewa kamfanoni irin su AT&T da P&G suna ci gaba da goyon bayan USAG duk da kama Nassar da kuma ƙara shaidar da USAG ta yi. rufe Zagin Nassar shekaru da yawa.
Na rubuta wa shugabannin tallace-tallace a waɗannan kamfanoni don ba da shawarar cewa su yi amfani da matsin lamba ta hanyar kawo karshen tallafin da suke yi na USAG. Babu magana baya.
Ƙarfin hali ba jumlar da ke zuwa hankali ba lokacin da aka kwatanta shugabannin gudanarwa, duk da duk tallan yaƙin neman zaɓe yana nuna cewa ya damu. Suna haɗuwa da dalilai lokacin da yake da aminci don yin hakan. Ko, kawai lokacin da ba shi da lafiya kada a yi.
A watan Janairu 2018, bayan an yanke wa Nassar hukuncin daurin rai da rai (da kuma post #MeToo), duk manyan masu tallafawa fitar. Waɗannan kamfanoni sun yi kama da zaratan ƴan wasa mata, amma lokacin da ƴan wasan motsa jiki na buƙatar manya su tsaya musu, babu wanda ya yi.
Lokacin da nake dan tawagar kasa da ke yawo a duniya tare da Don Peters, kocin tawagar Olympics na 1984 yanzu an dakatar daga wasanni saboda zargin cin zarafi Mata 3 masu wasan motsa jiki, babu babba ya shiga.
Fiye da shekaru 30 bayan haka, dukan kamfanoni sun ƙi tsayawa ga yara. Amma waɗannan kamfanoni sun fi farin cikin bayyana cewa sun zama zakara a wasanni na mata don samun nasara pro-mace suna suna.
Tallace-tallacen yaudara ba sabon abu bane. Amma "fuke jari-hujja" shine. Tun daga cikin 2010s, kamfanoni sun fara gina samfuran su daga madaidaitan "ƙimar-ƙimar" mara kyau. Wanda ya kafa FTX kuma wanda aka yanke masa hukunci Sam Bankman-Fried ya gina hotonsa yana tura "altruism mai tasiri." Zamba ne.
Wasu kamfanoni suna yin shi da fasaha - kuma bisa doka. Nike shine babban misali.
Yayin da suke yin kamar suna bikin mata a yakin neman tallarsu, Nike na wulakanta mata da wulakanci mai ban mamaki.
A cikin 2018, akwai wani tawaye daga shugabannin mata a Nike da'awar cin zarafin jima'i ya yadu a kamfanin. An bar takarda a kan tebur na Shugaba Mark Parker tare da asusun fitar da ma'aikata a kulake, jagora da ke ƙoƙarin sumbatar wata ma'aikaciyar ta tilastawa, da kuma albarkatun ɗan adam da ke kawar da ikirarin.
A cikin 2019, Allyson Felix, wanda ya lashe lambar zinare na Olympics sau 7 a tsere da fage, ya buga. ta labarin na nuna wariyar jinsi a Nike. Felix ta kasance ɗaya daga cikin 'yan wasan Nike da suka fi kasuwa kuma lokacin da ta shiga yarjejeniyar sabunta kwangila bayan ta haifi yaro, ta yi ƙoƙarin tabbatar da kariya ga haihuwa. Kamfanin ya ba da kashi 70% kasa da kwantiragin da ta yi a baya kuma ya ki sanya sharuddan hutun haihuwa.
A watan Nuwamba 2019, Mariya Kayinu ta ba da labarin cin zarafi a cikin aikin Nike's Oregon Running Project. Kayinu ya shiga ƙungiyar horo lokacin tana ɗan shekara 17 kuma ita ce ɗan wasan tsere da fage mafi ƙanƙanta da ya taɓa yin ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta duniya. A lokacin da ta bar kulob din bayan shekaru 4, aikinta ya ragu saboda ayyukan horarwa na cin zarafi da rashin kunya, wanda ya haifar da rashin cin abinci wanda ya sa jikinta ya rushe.
Na yi hira da Nike a cikin 2011. Na sami karramawa da aka dauke ni aiki ta shugaban gwaninta na duniya. Ina son bayanin manufar kamfanin su - idan kana da jiki kai dan wasa ne – kuma na yaba da su Idan Kun Bar Ni Wasa tallan da ke nuna hotunan 'yan mata masu tasowa tare da ƙididdiga masu ƙarfi game da fa'idodin shiga cikin wasanni. Ya kasance mai yin al'ada.
Ba a ba ni aiki ba kuma na ji takaici. Amma kuma fushi. A cikin cikakkiyar hirar da nake yi, duk wani babban jami'in da na yi magana da shi ya fi na da girman kai. Na gyada kai tare da labarunsu na wasan rabin marathon na karshen mako. Amma a fili kawai ambaton takena na halal kuma wanda aka sani da shi a hukumance da asalin wasan motsa jiki an ɗauke shi a matsayin girman kai kuma ba ya tafiya tare da “al’adunsu.”
Nike ba ta girmama mata ko 'yan wasa mata. A bara sun dauki hayar trans superstar influencer Dylan Mulvaney don yin samfurin ƙwararrun ƙwallon ƙafa duk da cewa Mulvaney ba dan wasa ba ne kuma ya bayyana ba shi da nono.
Nike ta yi wannan zabi ne a yayin da ake ta cece-kuce game da maza da ke fafatawa a wasanni na mata, wanda aka jawo hankalin jama'a a shekarar 2022, lokacin da 'yar wasan ninkaya Lia Thomas ta daure Riley Gaines a gasar NCAA a gasar Freestyle ta 200. Daga nan aka gaya wa Gaines cewa tana bukatar ta bar Thomas ya karɓi kofi a kan lambar yabo.
Nike ya zaɓi farkawa akan mata.
Duk da masu fafutuka na trans suna iƙirarin cewa ciki har da maza waɗanda aka gano a cikin wasannin mata dole ne a yi su da sunan haɗa kai kuma hakan ya haɗa da ƙaramin adadin 'yan wasa wanda ba zai iya yin tasiri ba, an sami misalan da yawa don ƙididdige 'yan wasan trans da ke fafatawa - kuma suna cin nasara - a cikin wasannin mata. Kuma wani lokacin cutar da mata a ciki kwando, volleyball da kuma Rugby.
Duk wanda ya kalubalanci rashin adalci da haɗari ana shafa shi a matsayin mai kaifi. Amma barin maza su yi takara a wasanni na mata, cin zarafin mata ne da sunan shiga ciki. Dagewa da cewa mata sun tsaya don samar da hanya don buƙatun mazan halitta shine jima'i. Har yanzu, alamun da ke da'awar zaratan 'yan wasa mata na ci gaba da daukar mazan da ba a tantance ba a madadin mata.
A cikin 2022, Lululemon ya ɗauki hayar ƙwararren ƙwararren mai tsere Nikki Hiltz a matsayin jakadiyar alama.
A bara, zakaran tsere Bethany Hamilton ta bar Rip Curl tare da shekaru uku da adadi bakwai a kwangilar ta. Hakan ya faru ne bayan da ta fito fili ta nuna adawa da manufar kungiyar kwallon kafa ta duniya ta sanya 'yan wasan da ba su wuce gona da iri ba a bangaren mata. A cikin Janairu 2024, Rip Curl ya dauki hayar trans surfer Sasha Lowerson don haɓaka hawan igiyar ruwa na mata.
Maza da ba a san su ba suna karɓar lambobin yabo, wuraren zama na ƙungiya, da dala na ɗaukar nauyi daga mata. Kuma babu wata alama ta wasannin motsa jiki da ta tsaya tsayin daka don kare wasannin mata.
Duk da rashin ƙarfin halin ɗabi'a a tsakanin shuwagabannin kamfanoni, na yi imani da alamu iya ƙarin ra'ayoyi masu kyau a cikin al'ada. Kurciya ta inganta yanayin jiki tare da su Kyakkyawan Kyau yakin neman zabe. Nike ta sa mu yi imani cewa dukkanmu 'yan wasa ne.
Don haka yanzu, na ƙaddamar da alamar wasan motsa jiki na farko don tsayawa kan wasannin mata. Ana kiransa Wasannin motsa jiki na XX-XY kuma muna fatan fara yunkurin fadin gaskiya da jarumtaka.
Ba da izinin ’yan wasa maza da aka canjawa wuri don yin gasa a wasanni na mata ya dogara ne akan ƙarya - cewa maza ba su da ƙarfi da sauri fiye da mata. Idan muka ɗauki wannan ƙaryar har zuwa ƙarshe, ba za a sami nau'ikan tushen jima'i a cikin wasanni ba.
Ba za mu iya barin hakan ta faru ba.
Na yi imani gaskiya tana da mahimmanci kuma mata sun cancanci aminci da adalci. Mun cancanci daidaito na dama. Mun cancanci yin gasa. Kuma mun cancanci damar yin nasara.
Mu ba anti-trans ba. Mu ne pro-mace. Kuma mun yi imanin kowa ya cancanci damar yin wasa cikin adalci.
Yawancin Amurkawa sun yarda. Amma yawancinsu suna tsoron yin magana kuma a shafa su a matsayin ƴan iska. Ina fatan wannan alamar - wanda aka tsara don kuma ta mata - zai iya zaburar da mafi yawan shuru don tsayawa ga mata da 'yan mata. Masoyan mu za su san cewa idan suka zo tare da mu, za su sami mafi kyawun kayan wasan motsa jiki kuma ba za su tsaya su kaɗai ba.
Don ƙarin koyo, duba mu kaddamar da bidiyo nan. Kuma mu kaddamar da talla a nan.
Bi wasannin motsa jiki na XX-XY akan socials @XX_XYAthletics
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Jennifer Sey mai shirya fina-finai ne, tsohon jami'in gudanarwa na kamfani, darekta kuma mai tsara Generation Covid, kuma marubucin Lawi's Unbuttoned.
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