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The Hellenic Sailing Federation’s announcement about Sofia Bekatorou’s shocking complaints sparked a storm of reactions on social media.
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Sexual abuse: shocking Olympian Sofia Bekatorou – “I said no, but she insulted me”
At the center of the negative comments was both their characterization sexual violence suffered by Olympic as “Unpleasant incident”, too your invitation to be specific.
In detail, the announcement of the Sailing Federation states the following:
“On the occasion of the public office of the Olympic athlete Ms. Sofia Bekatorou, the Hellenic Sailing Federation states that until recently it had not received any letter or even an informal complaint about it. However, even if you had received an informal report, the Federation would be relentless in dealing with such a phenomenon. But why, We must not cast any shadow on anyone, we urge the whistleblower, since he took the initiative even after so many years of talking about this unpleasant incident, to be specific, and the Federation, if it is within its remit, have no doubt that it will do the right thing».
Rage on Twitter
«We are hoping that you remember and publicly apologize to Ms. Bekatorou. IMMEDIATELY“A user wrote with his message to EIO.
@SAILING_FEDERAT We are hoping that you remember and publicly apologize to Ms. Bekatorou. IMMEDIATELY
– NK (@ k_n_k_n_13) January 15, 2021
“S. Bekatorou found the mental strength to describe a RAPE that had been carrying within her for 25 years, and @SAILING_FEDERAT took it as an ” UNPLEASANT EVENT ‘. I have no words to describe my anger. I have no words to express my frustration “, write another post.
And know that this is historically the reaction from the playbook, the first line of defense, from someone accused of rape, indecency, mistreatment, etc. We throw everything at the victim. What is the worst?
The words they used in the intriguing press release: “UNPLEASANT INCIDENT.”– Professor Blatty (@prof_blatty) January 15, 2021
It would be good if the sports political leadership removed the Sailing Federation for its miserable announcement about the sexual abuse suffered by Bekatorou, otherwise, the Start Talk Day yesterday is going to … thunder!
– Chris_USA (@C_Amerikanou) January 15, 2021
Instead of congratulating Ms Bekatorou, who came out and spoke and encouraged women victims of sexual abuse to speak up as well, the president of the federation comes out and says “now we remember him after 24 years” …
Shame #StartToTalk– Girl (@nina_ktgn) January 15, 2021
The dirty war started.
Bekatorou will soon find herself apologizing for not speaking out in 1999 about her rape.
Are you a little upset?– Mazians (@mazianos) January 15, 2021
Sofia Bekatorou’s shocking confession – “I told her no, but she insulted me”
Shocking was the testimony of our gold Olympic sailing, Sofia Bekatorou, who had been a victim of sexual abuse, as she announced in the online Conference on “Start to Talk”, organized by, within the framework of the Council of Europe program for the “Protection of children in sport”:
“At one point, while we were talking to X, I turned and he kissed me. I froze I didn’t know how to react, I never expected him to make such a move. For me, X represented the father model. He was a man who finally didn’t fight us in the Federation and wanted our good, I thought.
I kept moving at a faster pace, pretending I didn’t understand what had happened, even though I told him, telling him that I never expected such a move from him. When he got to our hotel, in the elevator, before going to his room, he asked me to follow him. I refused and went to close the door. He, always courteous and with a smile, asked me if I was afraid of him and then I said no, but I didn’t have to go to his room together. He, trying to convince me, assured me that he was not going to do anything erotic, just talk. But he knew how to talk to me and how to calm me down and lower my defenses. And when that happened then it started abuses me. I tried to push him away, to show him that there is no mutual desire, believing that I would respect him.
“I said no, but …”
“I told him no, I repeated that I did not want to continue and he with fake candy said it was nothing, making a joke. Said it would stop if I didn’t want to, though did not stop whatever I told him. Crying and ashamed, I left the room when he finished and got off me. I returned to my room, where my fellow athlete slept unprepared. I took a bath, I felt dirty, exhausted, humiliated and unable to defend my rights. Although we had just acquired the right to dream about Emilia, if she was talking about what happened to me, she could collapse.
I couldn’t handle this feeling and I couldn’t share it with my team, because it could have divided us. Our team, which included the men’s team, was always on a thin balance rope and there were no strong ties that could make me speak openly.
Our coach was 25 years old, quite emotional and inexperienced in crisis management. Also, back then, we didn’t have any collaboration with the sport. psychologist And of course I would never talk to my parents, because they would prevent me from sailing. In my innocent little mind the only solution was to be silent and make sure nothing happens. I cried a lot and when I woke up I started a show that ended until a while ago.
With alot of work treatment and analysis I managed to bear the weight of my responsibility, not to mention, to take that factor out of the sports arena.
he misanthrope, that had no limits, He took advantage situations, my emotional elation, and my focus on my goal. He took advantage of the weakness of our team, knowing there was not much cohesion and strength, his institutional position, to satisfy his sick instinct.
The only thing I was able to open up to was the bond I had then, which I also asked not to react to, since he was also an athlete.
X never regretted or changed the way he worked. With the change of attitude and my coldness passed ironic and in general I questioned my abilities and performance, at every possible opportunity, saying that younger athletes should now have opportunities and not those whose careers are in the West. He adopted this mindset from 1999 to 2019. During this time I have achieved the most honors for our country in sailing, but having lost the most important asset as a personality: love for myself!
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