Winter Olympics and Sports Sexism Worldwide
“Medals Aren’t Enough: Female Athletes Still have to Sell Sexiness.”
Snowboarder Shaun White poses for a photoshoot prior to the 2014 Winter Olympics
With the 2014 Winter Olympics having just closed, people have become excited about the plethora of new events, including snowboard and ski “slopestyle”- an exciting display of downhill snowboarding tricks. However, it has become evident that not much has changed in the realm of Olympic gender bias. According to several studies and activists who work to end gender bias, the 2014 Winter Olympics is still about as sexist as any previous Olympics.
