Sexist Olympics Coverage and More: Gender News Weekly

Are Female Athletes Being Covered Fairly in the OlympicsNBC commentators and other media outlets are taking some flak for their coverage of women39s events in Rio as angry viewers took to social media to highlight this week39s most sexist remarks For instance the Chicago Tribune announced American trap shooter Corey CogdellUnrein39s medal win with the headlineamp160quotWife of a Bears39 Lineman Wins a Bronze Medal Today in Rio Olympicsquotamp160not even bothering to mention her name The Guardian reports Others were outraged when sportscaster Dan Hicks praised Katinka Hosszu39s gold medal win by pointing out her husband as quotthe man responsiblequot And Mic did this headline spoof of the coverage of Olympic swimmer Katie Ledecky or as some press are calling her quotthe female Michael Phelpsquot But perhaps the most insulting comments came from NBCUniversal39s CMO John Miller who suggested that women only watch sports for the realityTVlike quotstoriesquot as opposed to the competition see belowamp160For more check out HuffPo39s roundup of the top ten most appalling remarksThis is incredibly insulting to women and bad business 2016 raw feeds in real time on digital platforms pictwittercomYMSdaRF3w7amp8212 Jennifer Fiore jenniferfiore August 6 2016amp160Over 50 of Women In Advertising Have Faced Sexual HarassmentIn an exclusive for Campaign 4As President and CEO Nancy Hill revealed results of a yearlong study focused on the plight of women in advertising Hill starts by calling out the absurdity of the recent controversial comments from former Saatchi ampamp Saatchi executive Kevin Roberts quotLast week we were once again reminded that despite strong momentum and frequent discussions about gender equality in advertising there is much more work to be done Work that someday soon hopefully would mean a senior executive in a position of power wouldn39t think ofamp160publicly refuting and frankly ridiculing what many of us hold to be true The ad industry is not an equal workplace for men and womenquotquotIf anyone else still needs convincingquot Hill writes results from the 4As survey includedMore than half the women surveyed had experienced sexual harassment at least once33 of women surveyed reported that they had not received desired assignments due to discrimination and 42 said they were not included in making decisions that they should have been included in because of discriminationFor more results read Hill39s full commentary hereamp160Simone Manuel Becomes First Black Female Swimmer to Win Olympic Gold and Breaks World RecordAfter breaking the world record in the women39s 100m freestyle American swimmer Simone Manuel made history by becoming the first black woman to win Olympic gold in an individual swimming event After an emotional win Manuel said her win would inspire greater diversity in her sportamp160quotThis medal is not just for me it39s for some of the AfricanAmericans who have been before me and been inspirationsquot she told BBC News amp160quotI hope I can be an inspiration for others This medal is for the people who come behind me and get into the sportquot She also shrugged aside the label quotblack swimmerquot reported the Washington Post remarking quotI do hope that it kind of goes away amp8230 The title 39black swimmer39 makes it seem like I39m not supposed to be able to win a gold medal or I39m not supposed to break records And that39s not true because I work just as hard as anybody else I want to win just like everybody elsequotamp160Are There Too Many Idiotic Men in CommercialsUnited Healthcareamp8217s Olympic amp8220Pole Vaultamp8221 commercial is yet another example of men being portrayed as idiots in advertising In this spot a group of guys at a backyard barbecue watch as their friend attempts to pole vault with a pool leaf net over the edge of the pool The result Disastrous as expected the vaulter falls and slams into a picnic table In contrast two of their wives sitting poolside and watching the stupidity unfold debate which urgent care center they should use amp8220this timeamp8221 flipping through the different hospital locations in the UnitedHealthcare app While admittedly humorous it is this kind continued portrayal of men across the media amp8211 men as bumbling daft buffoons amp8211 that sets a negative example for younger men giving them excuse to act in the same fashion Where are the competent responsible caring men that can be role models for future generations You wonamp8217t find them in many commercials check out Jack Myersamp8217 The Future of Men to learn more Watch the full spot belowMore Headlines this WeekA Thousand Words is Worth a Picture Women Share How Sexism in the Industry has Affected ThemTrump is a Climax of American Masculinity3 Ways the Ad Industry Can Become More WomanFriendly11 Surefire Ways for Women to Get Power and Make aamp160Ton of MoneyA Letter to My Daughter About Young MenPhoto courtesy of Valeria Berkowitz The opinions and points of view 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