You know the old line about Ginger Rogers doing everything Fred Astaire did, just backward and in high heels? That’s also the story of world-class women athletes: They’re doing most of what the men do (and sometimes more), and doing it while being ogled, booed, scolded, sanctioned, fined and otherwise hyper-policed because of what they wear to compete.
You know the old line about Ginger Rogers doing everything Fred Astaire did, just backward and in high heels? That’s also the story of world-class women athletes: They’re doing most of what the men do (and sometimes more), and doing it while being ogled, booed, scolded, sanctioned, fined and otherwise hyper-policed because of what they wear to compete.
