Sexism Against Women Essay

Sexism is a highly debated issue in today’s civilization. Of course, there is the occasional case of society totally blowing an event out of the water and exaggerating it to make women seem victimized and oppressed. However, Katie Rogers seemed to find an actual issue that should be addressed. In her article “Sure, These Women Are Winning Olympic Medals, but Are They Single?”, Rogers depicts multiple occasions of women whose names have been forgotten or have been pushed from headlines so men get more recognition during the Olympics. So the question is: Has the Olympic media coverage been sexist? Many people, including myself, believe so, with the lack of women in the headlines, comments that have fallen into the sexism category, and blatant differences with the way men versus women are described in news, it would seem obvious that something does not add up to equality here.
To begin, one of the biggest points that Rogers describes is when Corey Cogdell-Unrein of the U.S. Olympic team won her bronze medal in women’s trap shooting, the news only depicted her as the wife of a Bears lineman. Although, she is the wife of a Bears lineman, does she not still deserve to at least have her name in print? Cogdell-Unrein did not seem too tore up
Men are depicted with words that make them seem almost legendary, while women are labeled based off of their marital status and their age. Rogers quotes Sarah Grieves, a researcher at Cambridge University Press, who states ‘“It is really hard to tell whether the language used is sexist or whether it’s isolated examples that people are picking up on […] It feels like there have been a lot.”’ And she is correct. There have been quite a few of these examples brought to light, and yet, still nothing changes. The news may give a superficial apology when demanded, but in the end, they will continue trucking along without making note to not do it again in the