'Naomi's decision to protect her mental health benefited professional women everywhere.'
To put it lightly, Naomi Osaka’s decision to withdraw from the French Open shocked a lot of people this week.
Her decision to speak out was met with mixed responses from celebrities Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova with strong support from Sanaa Lathan, Padma Lakshmi, Steph Curry, Roxane Gay, Ava DuVernay, Terry McMillan, and Jada Pinkett Smith. Some people across Twitter even condemned the move and questioned if her decision to withdraw was simply a ploy to lessen expectations about her ability to “keep her crown,” or maintain her pay status.
From where I’m sitting this isn’t solely a question about Naomi Osaka’s mental health and how her career will unfold; it’s why it’s even necessary for the highest-paid women’s athlete in the world to disclose personal health data just to be excused from a few days at work. The biggest twist in this entire saga is that the conversation is revealing the weaknesses different institutions and workplaces have with how they regulate wellness. They are just now being confronted with learning how to manage an employee’s decision to stay in, or out-of-the workplace as it relates to any facet of their physical or mental health when they are not always required to disclose such personal data.
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