Example #8357 of people infantilizing women's sports.
"But there also may be a fear that Biles is so good that she might run away with any competition she enters simply by doing a handful of moves that her rivals cannot, or dare not, attempt."
nytimes.com/2021/05/24/spo…
"But there also may be a fear that Biles is so good that she might run away with any competition she enters simply by doing a handful of moves that her rivals cannot, or dare not, attempt."
nytimes.com/2021/05/24/spo…
We don't do this shit to dominant male athletes.
When it's Michael Phelps or Roger Federer, the commentary is in awe of them.
But when a woman dominates like Simone Biles? It's somehow bad for women's sports.
When it's Michael Phelps or Roger Federer, the commentary is in awe of them.
But when a woman dominates like Simone Biles? It's somehow bad for women's sports.
Remember Alex Morgan doing her tea cup celebration during the World Cup and people saying that was unsportsmanlike?
Women athletes are so often treated as fragile. It's fucking ridiculous.
They're competing. Treat them like the competitors and professionals they are.
Women athletes are so often treated as fragile. It's fucking ridiculous.
They're competing. Treat them like the competitors and professionals they are.
My advice to young women in sports: fucking crush the competition because that's how you respect them and make them better as a competitor.
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