Olympic Athletes Put Up With a Lot of Sexist Nonsense

The Olympics are a time where we gather to celebrate human strength, triumph over adversity and cheer on the world’s best athletes. The games also shine an unfortunate spotlight on the sexism that female athletes face.

Whether it’s wonky comparisons to successful male athletes or denigrating comments about their appearance, the women of the Olympics are dealing with a lot of nonsense this year.

Some of the most egregious examples thus far:

Let’s win the gold in cutting this business out, ok?