Even at very high level, female athletes complain that their rules are not sufficiently taken into account by the coaches who accompany them.
A well-established taboo in society in general, menstruation is just as much, if not more so, in the world of sport where technical teams are still largely made up of men. But in 2019, during the women’s soccer world cup, the members of the American national team opened a breach. Several players did not hesitate to explain during interviews that their training was adapted to their menstrual cycle. Coming from those who had just won the world title, the information had a very particular echo. Since then, more and more athletes communicate on the weight of the rules in their sports life and a change of mentality begins among the supervisors.
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Researcher at the National Institute of Sport, Expertise and Performance (Insep), Juliana Antero is also behind the Instagram account @fempower _sportives which provides a lot of information on women’s sport. « High-level athletes make the problem visible…
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