Watch: Male athletes react to questions intended for female athletes
Sexism in sport still exists and this video shows exactly the form it takes.
In a video created for the campaign #covertheathlete these male athletes were asked questions originally posed to female athletes.
Their reaction was very different, why? because male athletes are not used to being asked those kinds of questions.
Imagine training to be a professional athlete, working day in day out to be the very best you can be at a particular sport and skill only to be asked things like this in interviews.
"You're getting a lot of fans here, a lot of them female, and they want to know if you could date anyone in the world, who would you date?"
"Give us a twirl!"
"How has your weight gain affected your mobility?"
"Any response to recent comments about your girlish figure?"
"Removing your body hair gives you an edge in the pool — how about your love life?"
#covertheathlete is a new movement aimed at getting journalists, reporters and the general media to cover men and women athletes on their talents and skill sets rather than their gender and it is gathering steam with a number of outlets running the story and scores of people picking up on the message.
Way to call out how differently elite female athletes are treated by the media
— Mep1432 (@mepinmin) November 5, 2015
#covertheathlete #givemeatwirl https://t.co/YulshR6yWJ
View the disparaging treatment of female athletes compared to male athletes in the media #CoverTheAthlete https://t.co/ZoDIT979mb
— Longboat Roadrunners (@LongboatRR) November 5, 2015
Unbelievable-why didn't the men answer? Will they stop asking ridiculous questions to females now? #CoverTheAthlete https://t.co/w7GzCCmEPD
— Julia West (@west_jules) November 5, 2015
Great video. Girls are talented and brilliant. #CoverTheAthlete https://t.co/YlqrPzZqS3
— KyleeRuth (@KyleeRuth) November 5, 2015
@telegraph when you cover a female athlete, we want you to cover her performance and abilities. https://t.co/LeCVl32W3t #CoverTheAthlete
— Rainya Mosher (@rainyamosher) November 5, 2015
