Olympic double standard

[Anonymous]

Have you noticed how NBC goes out of its way to mention how many children a woman athlete has but rarely mentions how many children a male athlete has sired?

[Anonymous]

no

[Anonymous]

How is how many children a man has relevant for this sport performance? I also don't see how relevant it is for a woman if the children were adopted or conceived through surrogacy, but in an average situation, I think it must have some sort of physical impact - pregnancy I mean. Not to the average Mary who is a gym rat, but for a professional athlete? Maybe I am wrong though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:no

Pay closer attention.

[Anonymous]

Well, a woman won't be able to train as hard (or maybe even at all) for nearly a year while she is pregnant/post partum...Taking a whole year off training could really break an olympic career--and if someone has done it multiple times, yet still bounce back to be competitive, I think that's pretty impressive and worth mentioning.

A man doesn't have to take time off to create a child.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How is how many children a man has relevant for this sport performance? I also don't see how relevant it is for a woman if the children were adopted or conceived through surrogacy, but in an average situation, I think it must have some sort of physical impact - pregnancy I mean. Not to the average Mary who is a gym rat, but for a professional athlete? Maybe I am wrong though.

Not following you, sorry. I guess you could say being pregnant may interrupt a training regimen, but even then, I don't see how that's any different from any athlete coming back from injury.

[Anonymous]

A male athlete can "sire" a child without any impact on his body, training regimen, etc. A female athlete can't do that. Most of these athletes are training year round. So it's much more impressive when female athletes are able to compete at the highest international levels even after birthing children.

[Anonymous]

I think it's great that NBC asks the women how many children they have. Bouncing back from pregnancy and training is hard to do. Men don't have to worry about this at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How is how many children a man has relevant for this sport performance? I also don't see how relevant it is for a woman if the children were adopted or conceived through surrogacy, but in an average situation, I think it must have some sort of physical impact - pregnancy I mean. Not to the average Mary who is a gym rat, but for a professional athlete? Maybe I am wrong though.

Not following you, sorry. I guess you could say being pregnant may interrupt a training regimen, but even then, I don't see how that's any different from any athlete coming back from injury.

And they talk about athletes coming back from injury all the time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not following you, sorry. I guess you could say being pregnant may interrupt a training regimen, but even then, I don't see how that's any different from any athlete coming back from injury.

NBC mentions all the time when an athlete has recovered from an injury.

[Anonymous]

It's usually that way with the media, including personal details of a woman's life, especially age.

[Anonymous]

I heard someone on the news this week saying it would be so horrible if Bridget Kelly (Gov. Christie's ex-deputy chief of staff who sent the "Time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee" email) went to jail, because she has four children. I have NEVER heard that mentioned about any man facing possible prison time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I heard someone on the news this week saying it would be so horrible if Bridget Kelly (Gov. Christie's ex-deputy chief of staff who sent the "Time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee" email) went to jail, because she has four children. I have NEVER heard that mentioned about any man facing possible prison time.

Who was that supposed to be bad for? Her?

Cuz I suspect the kids would be better off without her influence.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How is how many children a man has relevant for this sport performance? I also don't see how relevant it is for a woman if the children were adopted or conceived through surrogacy, but in an average situation, I think it must have some sort of physical impact - pregnancy I mean. Not to the average Mary who is a gym rat, but for a professional athlete? Maybe I am wrong though.

Not following you, sorry. I guess you could say being pregnant may interrupt a training regimen, but even then, I don't see how that's any different from any athlete coming back from injury.

Well, maybe if the an athlete came back from 2 or 3 injuries throughout the years they would mention? Pregnancy is hard on the body, I can only imagine it has an "extra" impact for professional athletes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I heard someone on the news this week saying it would be so horrible if Bridget Kelly (Gov. Christie's ex-deputy chief of staff who sent the "Time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee" email) went to jail, because she has four children. I have NEVER heard that mentioned about any man facing possible prison time.

Who was that supposed to be bad for? Her?

Cuz I suspect the kids would be better off without her influence.

PP here. I agree with you, but I think the implication was that it would be terrible for her family.