Who’s To Blame For Sexist Sports Coverage? Sexy Athletes Like Lolo Jones, Of Course

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Lolo Jones has gotten a lot of attention in the media this year, and according to the New York Times, it's incommensurate with her abilities as a hurdler. In what amounts to a failed takedown piece titled "For Lolo Jones at the Olympics, Everything Is Image" published on Sunday, sports writer Jere Longman accused Jones not only of being a sub-par athlete (because apparently qualifying for the Olympics doesn't quite put you at the top), but he also blamed her for sexist sports coverage–an interesting theory, and one that sounds an awful lot like victim-blaming of the worst sort. More »Post from: Blisstree
 
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