Gender and sport

Alex Morgan of the US celebrates scoring their twelfth goal with Megan Rapinoe and teammates.

‘I still get tweets to go back in the kitchen’ – the enduring power of sexism in sports media

June 13, 2019Sports

Although the US women’s national soccer team has long been the envy of the world, they face being upstaged by regional men’s soccer teams. Female athletes and journalists continue to face serious barriers as local news outlets spend only 3% of their airtime covering women’s sports and more than 90% of anchors, commentators and editors are men.

Women's soccer team posing for group shot in red uniforms.

Chile’s historic first World Cup appearance tells a much larger story of women’s soccer

June 4, 2019Sports

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