Six state attorneys general wrote a letter to Roger Goodell about the NFL’s treatment of women employees
, the accounts range from women employees being asked “to raise their hand to self-identify if they had been victims of domestic violence or knew someone who had” to being passed over for promotions due to their gender to “experiencing unwanted touching from male bosses” to being pushed out from their jobs “for complaining about discrimination.”
Some described how they had to repeatedly watch the video of Ray Rice knocking his then-fiancé unconscious “with commentary by coworkers that the victim had brought the violence on herself.” The attorneys general highlighted other accounts in their letter, including how “female employees told thethat they were held back and criticized for having an ‘aggressive tone’—an often unfair stereotype of women, especially women of color who try to advance in a male-dominated workplace.
“This comment is particularly ironic coming from a manager at the N.F.L., where aggression is prized and celebrated on the field.”
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