“I didn’t know what was going to come of it, but the one thing that really gave me the courage was being the mother of a little girl.”
revealing that Nike said it would pay her 70 percent less than she earned before she became a mom, despite her accomplishments, and also that the company refused to guarantee she wouldn’t be punished if she didn’t perform up to her previous levels in the months around childbirth. “If I, one of Nike’s most widely marketed athletes, couldn’t secure these protections, who could?” she asked in the op-ed.
Felix shared that despite her fears, using her voice meant setting a precedent not just for Camryn, but future female athletes. "I didn’t want her to have these same battles, you know, twenty years down the line, that I was facing and that so many of my colleagues have faced, so many women before me,” she said. “I just felt like it was time and no matter how scared I was, I had to step forward and to share my own story.
,” Felix captioned the photo, referring to her new brand. “Keep going and keep speaking up, even if your voice shakes.”
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