Comments on: 2010 Olympic Sport Media Gaffes…So Far http://www.nicolemlavoi.com/2010-olympic-sport-media-gaffs-so-far Nicole M. LaVoi, Ph.D. Thu, 29 Mar 2012 22:20:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: pov http://www.nicolemlavoi.com/2010-olympic-sport-media-gaffs-so-far#comment-476 pov Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:40:02 +0000 http://nicolemlavoi.com/?p=1905#comment-476 1 - Like it or not, men referring to women as girls is more just habit rather than an attempt to belittle. And I often hear men called the boys. E.g "Good old boys." Again - the hyper-sensitive, let's find something to pick at approach is just as, if not more, problematic than the mores it seeks to address. 3 - The ski jump issue had nothing to do with gender bias. And pressuring the IOC - about anything - has usually resulted in them stonewalling. Still, woman's ski jumping better be there in 2014. 1 – Like it or not, men referring to women as girls is more just habit rather than an attempt to belittle. And I often hear men called the boys. E.g “Good old boys.” Again – the hyper-sensitive, let’s find something to pick at approach is just as, if not more, problematic than the mores it seeks to address.

3 – The ski jump issue had nothing to do with gender bias. And pressuring the IOC – about anything – has usually resulted in them stonewalling. Still, woman’s ski jumping better be there in 2014.

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