Discriminating against Naomi Osaka because of her mental health

Dr. John Grohol
3 min readJun 1, 2021
By Peter Menzel — Naomi Osaka, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=71616087

Naomi Osaka withdrew from the French Open on May 31, 2021, saying she needed to “take some time away from the court” after being fined for not attending a press conference following her tennis match. French Open officials threatened her with even harsher sanctions if she continued missing the mandatory press conferences after matches.

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Dr. John Grohol

Founder, Psych Central (7M users/mo before 2020 sale); Co-Founder, Society for Participatory Medicine; Publisher & Contributor, New England Psychologist