: Investigations have revealed that hundreds of swimmers in the United States were sexually abused over several decades by coaches and officials.
The most documented instance of athletes' bodies being systematically "processed" or manipulated occurs in the history of East German (GDR) swimming. Swimmers.Turned.Into.Sexual.Processing.Tools.De...
: Artistic swimming (formerly synchronized swimming) is often studied as a field where female bodies are "processed" through a "beauty builder" lens, reinforcing specific aesthetic and feminine stereotypes. : Investigations have revealed that hundreds of swimmers