The hotly contested Olympic medal table of sexism
(reading all that sexist nastiness in one column is definitely not good for the blood pressure!! )
The hotly contested Olympic medal table of sexism
Female competitors were treated to a welter of irrelevant and insulting comments by broadcasters during the Rio Olympics, so its only right that the worst offenders are summoned to the podium
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Golden girls: The achievements of Simone Biles, Katie Ledecky and Katinka Hosszu were unthinkingly relegated in favour of men. Composite: Rex / Getty
If sexism were an Olympic sport, the competition would be very tough indeed. Over the past two weeks, hopefuls from across the media have battled it out against some of the greatest in the world. Many have been in training for years. For others, it was their first foray into the competition. Not everybody can go home with a medal, but as the games draw to a close, heres a roundup of the most decorated contenders
Most tired gender stereotype:
Al Trautwig, who speculated that Dutch gymnast Sanne Wevers might be writing a dear diary entry when she was seen jotting something down after completing her routine she was in fact working out her scores.
Silver medal
The BBC commentator who described a womens Olympic judo match as a catfight.
Gold medal
Jim Watson, who observed the USA womens gymnastics team conferring on the sidelines and mused: they might as well be standing around at the mall.
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https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/womens-blog/2016/aug/22/the-hotly-contested-olympic-medal-table-of-sexism
AllTooEasy
(1,260 posts)Wayde van Niekerk is a male person of color, and the best 400m sprinter in history. Instead of focusing on his hard work and talent, NBC wasted money and +3 minutes of everyone's time telling us how some old, White woman was responsible for his success
http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/wayde-van-niekirks-key-success-74-year-old-coach
Why aren't you complaining about that?
cyberswede
(26,117 posts)niyad
(113,524 posts)on the dozens listed in the OP and in other threads about the sexism and racism of the olympics.
right on schedule.
Aristus
(66,438 posts)And remember, being outraged at one thing does not mean we have no more outrage to go around for other things.
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)What fallacy leads you to believe that concern for A absolutely denies any concern for B?
And, as you yourself have posted no editorial or comment on the incident you linked to, it invites the question: why are you not complaining about it?
AllTooEasy, indeed.