Sexism in Olympics media coverage

While the 2016 Olympic Games have unfolded in Rio de Janeiro, attention has surprisingly not been focused on superlative achievement and skill. Sports fans have been thrilled no end by the awesome spectacle of world records being shattered, and athletes like Michael Phelps and Usain Bolt defying Father Time.

But there’s another story that is increasingly being noticed, and this is the fact that the media coverage of the games has reached a new level of sexism and unfairness to women athletes.