Re:Women’s gymnastics is legal child abuse
by milesvp on Wednesday October 14, 2020 @07:20AM
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FYI, Dance can have similar problems. I’m convinced a world reknowned ballet school had a major negative psychological effect on someone I know. Not sure how common that is in lesser schools, but something to be mindful of.
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Re:Women’s gymnastics is legal child abuse
by noneeeed on Thursday October 15, 2020 @02:36AM
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Yeah, I'm just thinking that dance seems less about the competition than gymnastics, so might be a healthier atmosphere.
Our gymnastics club has a kind of parkour club which seems more about having fun and being active which I think me might move my son to when he's old enough.
Re:Women’s gymnastics is legal child abuse
by jesseendahl on Thursday October 15, 2020 @04:02AM
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The ballet world has similar levels of competition and harmful psychological effects as women’s gymnastics. There are a huge number of girls and women competing for an extremely small number of available jobs as a full time professional dancer for a top-tier ballet company, of which there are only a small handful in the world. And almost everyone in ballet has struggled with disordered eating at some point, including the men.