Outside : Why We Ignore Women’s Sports

This is pretty interesting..


“It’s not that magazines don’t want to cover women’s cycling. Readers haven’t made women’s cycling a top priority, and publications have followed their lead. Logistics also get in the way. Many domestic races have concurrent racing for men and women. In those settings, it’s possible to provide equal coverage. But internationally, many of the men’s races lack a companion race for women, or the timing is such to make reporting on both nearly impossible. Even in the U.S., some of the largest races like the Amgen Tour of California have been run without a truly comparable women’s event.”

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