332: Rachael Denhollander | What Is a Girl Worth?
The Jordan Harbinger Show
Jordan Harbinger
4.8 • 12.3K Ratings
🗓️ 30 March 2020
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
Rachael Denhollander (@R_Denhollander) is an attorney, advocate, educator, and author of What Is a Girl Worth?: My Story of Breaking the Silence and Exposing the Truth about Larry Nassar and USA Gymnastics.
What We Discuss with Rachael Denhollander:- How the culture of competitive gymnastics contributed to the commonplace physical and mental abuse of underage Olympic hopefuls.
- How Nassar was able to manipulate the trust of parents while simultaneously abusing their children, unseen, just a few feet away using creepy sleight of hand techniques and misdirection like a masterful pedophile illusionist.
- Why the same set of circumstances that make parents hesitate to believe that such abuse could be going on under their noses is the same set of circumstances that make such abuse possible -- and allows monsters like Nassar to get away with it for decades before their victims dare to speak out.
- How Nassar was protected by numerous enablers in the organizations for which he worked, and why they may have chosen to take his word over the consistent allegations of countless victims.
- Why Rachael was able to go public with the abuse that she herself endured from Nassar when others couldn't, and how this encouraged other victims to come forward.
- And much more...
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the show, I'm Jordan Harbinger. |
| 0:06.1 | As always, I'm here with producer Jason DeFilippo. |
| 0:08.8 | On the Jordan Harbinger show we decode the stories, secrets and skills of the world's |
| 0:12.4 | most brilliant and interesting people, and turn their wisdom into practical advice that |
| 0:16.6 | you can use to impact your own life and those around you. |
| 0:20.1 | We want to help you see the matrix when it comes to how these amazing people think and |
| 0:23.6 | behave, and we want you to become a better thinker. |
| 0:26.5 | If you're new to the show, we've got episodes with spies and CEOs, athletes and authors, |
| 0:31.7 | thinkers and performers, as well as toolboxes for skills like negotiation, public speaking, |
| 0:36.6 | body language persuasion and more. |
| 0:38.7 | So if you're smart and you like to learn and improve, you'll be right at home here with |
| 0:42.2 | us. |
| 0:43.2 | Today, Rachel Denhonder. |
| 0:44.8 | She was the first woman to publicly accuse Larry Nasser, the former Michigan State University |
| 0:49.4 | and US age gymnastics doctor of sexual assault. |
| 0:52.9 | She's a time 100 on a re and a 2018 glamour woman of the year. |
| 0:56.5 | Now, normally you don't make these lists just for accusing someone of sexual assault, |
| 1:00.9 | but that's not exactly what happened here. |
| 1:03.2 | As you'll hear today, Larry Nasser abused hundreds of women, mostly underaged children. |
| 1:08.8 | So let this be your trigger warning if you're in need of such. |
| 1:11.5 | Rachel's story is one of bravery and perseverance in the face of massive pressure and backlash, |
| 1:16.8 | and her victory against her abuser came at great personal cost. |
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