This film outrages, enrages and breaks hearts. The failure of those whose responsibility is to shield and protect. As well as the perversions inflicted by the perpetrator, will forever impact generations of gymnasts to come.
I won't congratulate Nasser's victims as some have. Their suffering is nothing to celebrate. Abuse robs choice; a victim can't choose not to be a victim or to be a survivor. Choice is taken by molesters and.being a survivor is a necessity, not an option. Nothing this pervert did van never be made a positive and to suggest otherwise is another trivialization of their victim's suffering. One prays for healing, but let's not insult them by.pretending that their lives are not forever changed. Like ripples from a thrown stone, the effects will forever impact the victims' lives and their sport.
This viewer was completely disgusted by the denial and.insulting behavior the officials in the governing bodies inflicted upon these traumatized gymnasts and their families! They not only enabled Nasser's crimes but knowingly permitted it to continue!
At one point in this film, a Michigan State official.explains that compensation will be made to survivors for therapy expenses when a victim interrupts with a question about girls who.already had to cover their own expenses for therapy. Instead of treating her with the respect and.deference entitled to her AS *THEIR* VICTIM, the despicable woman gives her an obnoxious response of.impatient, squeezed-shut eyelids and an. Oh-So-Inconvenienced And Put Upon tone replies "If you will read...." Essentially telling this already deeply wounded and permanently scarred.woman to shut up and wait on herself and quit bothering her, This Very Important Person From This So-Unjustly Persecuted Institution! HOW DARE SHE?! No EDUCATIONAL PROFESSIONAL who is responsible for the safety and welfare of her athletes and students should even think for one minute about inflicting this behavior upon the athletes she was supposed to serve and so thoroughly failed! Michigan, the U. S. Olympic Committee and USA Gymnastics are still infected with terminal cases of Still Does Not Get It!
To all of Larry Nasser's victims: I AM SO SORRY. *SOMEBODY* should apologize to you, and since they can't say anything but "we're sorry but....", I will. To those who failed to act - you are as guilty as he is. To these filmmakers and the judge who.did her job in the way the other adults should've but didn'T - Thank You.
This documentary is a must- see for athletes, although no.child should need to be warned about sexual predators in a place where they are supposed to be safe. It should be required viewing for all sports officials and coaches as a warning about what happens when a system breaks. Parents - watch this and ensure that your child never becomes a member of this group that nobody wants to and should ever be forced to join.
I won't congratulate Nasser's victims as some have. Their suffering is nothing to celebrate. Abuse robs choice; a victim can't choose not to be a victim or to be a survivor. Choice is taken by molesters and.being a survivor is a necessity, not an option. Nothing this pervert did van never be made a positive and to suggest otherwise is another trivialization of their victim's suffering. One prays for healing, but let's not insult them by.pretending that their lives are not forever changed. Like ripples from a thrown stone, the effects will forever impact the victims' lives and their sport.
This viewer was completely disgusted by the denial and.insulting behavior the officials in the governing bodies inflicted upon these traumatized gymnasts and their families! They not only enabled Nasser's crimes but knowingly permitted it to continue!
At one point in this film, a Michigan State official.explains that compensation will be made to survivors for therapy expenses when a victim interrupts with a question about girls who.already had to cover their own expenses for therapy. Instead of treating her with the respect and.deference entitled to her AS *THEIR* VICTIM, the despicable woman gives her an obnoxious response of.impatient, squeezed-shut eyelids and an. Oh-So-Inconvenienced And Put Upon tone replies "If you will read...." Essentially telling this already deeply wounded and permanently scarred.woman to shut up and wait on herself and quit bothering her, This Very Important Person From This So-Unjustly Persecuted Institution! HOW DARE SHE?! No EDUCATIONAL PROFESSIONAL who is responsible for the safety and welfare of her athletes and students should even think for one minute about inflicting this behavior upon the athletes she was supposed to serve and so thoroughly failed! Michigan, the U. S. Olympic Committee and USA Gymnastics are still infected with terminal cases of Still Does Not Get It!
To all of Larry Nasser's victims: I AM SO SORRY. *SOMEBODY* should apologize to you, and since they can't say anything but "we're sorry but....", I will. To those who failed to act - you are as guilty as he is. To these filmmakers and the judge who.did her job in the way the other adults should've but didn'T - Thank You.
This documentary is a must- see for athletes, although no.child should need to be warned about sexual predators in a place where they are supposed to be safe. It should be required viewing for all sports officials and coaches as a warning about what happens when a system breaks. Parents - watch this and ensure that your child never becomes a member of this group that nobody wants to and should ever be forced to join.