gender and sports
Even when female athletes become national heroes, as which happened with the U.S. soccer team, they receive second-class citizenship compared to male athletes. This isn't just in pay or television.
I want to preface this by asserting that I don't revel in sporting injuries, even if they're players that I loathe. As a result of what the BBC characterizes as.
Scary black woman throws tennis into turmoil.Update: When I proposed this piece to the Daily Beast, I suggested I might not even mention race because the piece is primarily about the role of gender perceptions in the context of athletics, and mentioning race tends to...