OPINION: No, We Shouldn’t Cheer Young Women Quitting On Their Dreams — Even For ‘Mental Health’ 

When the charismatic gymnastics superstar Simone Biles quit on her teammates and dropped out of the women’s finals at the Tokyo Olympics for her mental health and was widely praised for it, the first thing that came to mind was tennis star Naomi Osaka.

Osaka pulled out of the French Open earlier this year, claiming she did so over mental health struggles. The applause was fierce. Osaka became the media’s Golden Girl for “getting real” about mental health and performing the ultimate act of “self-care.”