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TCWD Podcast: Battle of the Sexy

TCWD Podcast: Battle of the Sexy

The very normal discourse around women in the Olympics

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Aug 07, 2024
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If your idea of a woman is small, frail, vulnerable, and weak, how do you look at women in sports? Well, by assuming that every woman who is strong, competitive, and accomplished might secretly be a man. Some people decided to spend the week Transvestigating athletes instead of any other thing in the world they could be doing. Jessa and Nico talk about women in sports, Michele Kang's comment that women athletes are treated like they are "small men," how professionalizing sports creates gender divides, and the upcoming first fight event with men competing directly against women, the Craig Jones Invitational.

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Nico Rodriguez
From Colombia. Works in the non-profit sector. Writes about culture in sports.
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