00:00Andrea Mosler landed her first job as a physiotherapist with an Australian Rules football team more
00:07than 30 years ago.
00:08It was the first time a lot of these males had a female in the dressing room and what
00:14I experienced at the time was very normalised, just crude jokes, sexist jokes.
00:23To Andrea, this was all part of working in sport and just something she felt she had
00:27to get used to.
00:28It's now that we have the language and the understanding of how those sort of experiences
00:33affect us that I reflect back on some of those experiences and recognise them as gender harassment.
00:41Her experiences still aren't uncommon, so Andrea joined forces with a team of researchers
00:46from La Trobe University to learn more.
00:49Their studies show that women working in sport and exercise medicine encounter more gender
00:53inequality and harassment than men.
00:56Women work fewer paid hours per week and fewer paid weeks per year and are less likely
01:01to have the chance to work with male athletes.
01:03Graduate physio Emily Farrell is aware of the challenges that lie ahead of her as a
01:08young woman in the industry.
01:09My natural instinct would be to sort of laugh and brush it off but that's potentially encouraging
01:16the situation.
01:17The 22-year-old is learning from her mentors so she can have a long and successful career.
01:22They're always willing to help out, teach you sort of how to deal with those situations
01:27and approach them in a way that is obviously safe and professional and not encourage those
01:34situations.
01:35For people of all genders to be able to work with whatever athletes they feel empowered
01:45to work with and to be respected and accepted for who they are and what they can provide
01:51for the sport.
01:52While the industry is improving, there's still a long way to go.
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