The news coverage of some of the female athletes’ performances at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games is tinted with sexism and AJ+’s video (above) is only scratching the surface. Commentators and newspaper reporters are having a field day reminding the world that when women accomplish something exceptional, it has to be undermined in any way possible.
Corey Cogdell-Unrein won bronze for Team USA in Rio on Sunday in the Olympic women's trap final.
The Most Sexist Things That Happened in the Olympic Games so Far
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Morgane Croissant
Aug 11, 2016
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