Thank you.
Thank you for going first again. It gives me a little time to collect my thoughts, so thank you for that.
I think we signed on to the letter because we do not see systemic changes. We see an attempt to brand the changes that are needed in sport and hockey with slogans, but there isn't a real attempt to listen to what researchers have been saying.
Although our third co-researcher was an elite-level male hockey player himself, people consistently try to find ways to undermine what we are saying, either because we are female athletes and parents or because our co-researcher, Dr. Tim Skuce, is no longer an elite-level player. Now ageism is used to discount what he is saying.
We signed on to the letter for exactly the reasons Dr. Fowler gave: It's because we think that people need to actually listen to researchers who are speaking directly to athletes who are afraid to speak in other contexts and listen to that research and actually do something about it, rather than using these superficial “silver bullet” attempts.