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Nassar's abuse reflects more than 50 years of men's power over female athletes

  • Written by Anne Blaschke, Visiting Assistant Professor of History, College of the Holy Cross

“You’ve got a lucky boyfriend.” These were the words the physician’s assistant conducting my gynecological exam in 1998 uttered as he suggestively smiled down at me over my paper gown. I lay on the exam table, 20 years old, wondering what to say back. Feeling angry, embarrassed and violated, I called my mom afterward. We...

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