Tennis and All That

When I watched  this  video on the Women in Sport Facebook page, I couldn't believe what I was listening to. Although I was also recently shocked to learn in  this  Instagram post that the amazing England Red Roses Rugby player, Sarah Bern, shared how she has struggled with negative self-talk and feeling too unattractively masculine instead of petite and feminine and therefore attractive in the way a woman should be, according to society. For instance, wondering before she posts on social media: "Do I look too broad?" "Do my arms look too manly?"  This pressure to look pretty and feminine while exercising and playing tennis, as well as this negative self-talk and bodily self-image as a muscular sportswoman all passed me by, thankfully! I've always played sports, especially tennis, but I don't remember anyone, coaches or peer group, telling me how I should look or behave. Not that I would have taken any notice if they had. It's almost the equivalent o...