Athlete topic brief

Stigma and sport culture

A culture can praise openness publicly while punishing it informally.

Why this shows up in sport

The meaningful test is what happens after someone speaks: how peers respond, whether confidentiality holds and whether opportunity is protected.

Questions to sit with

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  • 01

    What happened to the last person who spoke?

  • 02

    Which jokes or habits make help-seeking harder?

  • 03

    Does leadership act when culture causes harm?

One next step

Name one behaviour the team should stop and one response it should practise.

Evidence base used for this draft

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