Danielle Collins recently expressed her frustration over an incident at the Internationaux de Strasbourg where she requested personal space from a cameraman. The backlash to her request has led her to reflect on broader issues regarding women's rights to personal space in sports. Collins described the discourse surrounding this event as "pathetic" and emphasized that asking for personal space at her workplace should not be controversial. After her first-round victory at Roland-Garros, she reiterated her stance against the pervasive issue of women being criticized for asserting their boundaries.
I think what happened in Strasbourg is just me asking for personal space at my work place. I don't know why that is even a topic of discussion, frankly.
I need to get water. We're on a changeover. You don't need to be that close to me, and you don't need to be on top of Emma. It's wildly inappropriate.
The fact that I've had to ask so many different times in my career and during different matches to just have an adequate level of personal space is kind of strange.
I'm learning that as a female, asking for personal space seems to be an issue for a lot of people. I think it's really pathetic, honestly, that it's even a topic of discussion.
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