Gender differences in sports coverage

Now, the interview is making a resurgence on social media as a key part of the #CoverTheAthlete campaign, which aims to level the playing field when it comes to media coverage of women in sport.

Using the hashtag #CoverTheAthlete, the campaign is urging media to quit its addiction to humiliating questions and comments that reduce the achievements of sportswomen and encourage audiences to view them sexual objects instead of serious athletes.

The video above shows what it would look like if male athletes received the same questions that their female peers are regularly asked.

Tennis star Eugenie Bouchard made headlines at this year’s Australian Open-and not just because she made it the semifinals.

The above video by “Cover The Athlete“, an online campaign exploring sexism in sport, explores what would happen if the tables were turned.

A new campaign called Cover the Athlete has highlighted the difference in how male and female athletes are treated..

“It’s time to demand media coverage that focuses on the athlete and her performance, not her hair, clothes or body”.

The video’s producers know that their viewers will laugh at the idea that National Basketball Association star Russell Westbrook would ever get asked to twirl and pirouette to show off his outfit.

Chances are, especially if you read this website, you’re more than well aware of these moments and have frequently rolled your eyes over the coverage of women athletes.