I’m Not a Slut, I’m a Journalist

More than twenty sports journalists—predominantly television contributors for BeIN Sports, RMC Sport, France Télévisions, Canal+, and TF1 (with outlets such as L'Équipe and Radio France also represented)—testify to the anger, despair, and powerlessness they felt as they endured the 'Yucky jokes', the 'culture de boy’s club', and degrading insults on social networks, even as the presence of women in these programs and in the press has increased. They recall misogynistic comments, an avalanche of remarks about body or competence, sexual innuendos, and, at times, the line crossed into moral or sexual harassment.