I disagree. In the last decade, maybe more, there has been more exposure on women in sports than in any other decade, in my opinon.
Consider this:
How many MEN talked about women's college basketball in 1990? Not many. Today, thanks to ESPN, you will find males that follow the Univ of Connecticut, Univ of Texas (Austin) and Univ of Tenneessee's women basketball programs, among others.
Look at the number of former female athletes behind the microphones calling the games or performing interviews.
US Olypmics. Enough said. The ladies continue to outperform the men.
The exposure continues to grow. I am old enough to clearly remember when Phyllis George became a anchor on the all-male "CBS Sports" football show in the 70's with Jimmy "The Greek" and Brent Musberger. That was a HUGE hub-bub. To the "purists" it was as though the sports world was coming to an end. To a 15 year teenager in a testosterone fog, I thought she was hot.
Now no true sports fan (in the USA anyway) cares if a woman is calling the game, is a winning head coach or getting the key interview after a loss. It's cool. The ladies are in the house.
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