Female physiotherapists experiencing gender-based harassment in male-dominated industry

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Multiple female physiotherapists say they've experienced gender-based harassment while working for male sporting teams, often being the only woman in the change rooms.

Multiple female physiotherapists say they've experienced gender-based harassment while working for male sporting teams, often being the only woman in the change rooms.

"I just felt that it was a normal part of life, a normal part of work … if you want to work with sport, that's just what you have to get used to. "Just that feeling of discomfort and being sort of infantilised and those kinds of experiences were just pretty everyday, more so from administrators in sport and maybe some coaches."

All female practitioners experienced significantly more gender harassment, infantilisation, family policing and gender policing than men. While only working in the profession for less than a year, she said she's already had some minor experiences.

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