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In , an award-winning public service announcement featured male fans reading actual tweets that had been directed at prominent female sportscasters. One of those targeted on social media, Chicago sports talk radio host Julie DiCaro, weighed in poignantly this past April. Michael Serazio is an associate professor of communication at Boston College.
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. We are told female athletes are paid less than men because they generate less money.
The focus of the conversation is usually on how women make less than men, the unfairness of the disparity despite the equal amount of work they put in, and how female athletes often have to work full-time jobs on top of being full-time athletes.
The media lasered in on the equal pay portion of the lawsuit, but ignored other facets. Belgium's Nafissatou Thiam throws a javelin on her way to winning gold in the heptathlon on August 5. She's just the second woman ever to win back-to-back heptathlon titles. Australia's Keegan Palmer warms up prior to the park skateboarding competition on August 5.
Palmer went on to win gold in the event. Belgium's field hockey team celebrates after winning a dramatic penalty shootout in the gold-medal match against Australia on August 5. The Americans won to clinch a spot in the final against Japan. The Bahamas' Steven Gardiner reacts after winning gold in the men's meters on August 5. The Americans won and will play France in the gold-medal game. The United States' Ryan Crouser shows a message for his grandfather after winning gold in the shot put on August 5.
Crouser, who also won gold at the Games, set a new Olympic record with a throw of It's the second-longest throw in history. Decathletes rest on the track following the 1, meters on August 5. Great Britain's Lois Toulson dives off the meter platform on August 5.
Jamaica's Hansle Parchment, third from left, wins the meter hurdles on August 5. He finished with a time of Samdan won and went on to earn a silver medal. The United States' Katie Nageotte celebrates after clearing the bar in the pole vault final on August 5. Nageotte cleared a height of 4. Ukraine's Marta Fiedina competes in artistic swimming's duet final on August 4.
She and Anastasiya Savchuk won the bronze. A statue of a sumo wrestler is seen near an obstacle as Japan's Koki Saito, aboard Chilensky, competes in jumping qualifiers on August 4. Riders said the lifelike statue might have distracted some horses during the competition. Sky Brown competes in the park skateboarding final on August 4. Brown, who at 13 is Great Britain's youngest-ever athlete to compete in the Summer Olympics, won a bronze medal. Japan's Sakura Yosozumi won the gold, and her compatriot Kokona Hiraki won the silver.
Hiraki is just 12 years old. Sydney McLaughlin finishes just ahead of fellow American Dalilah Muhammad, breaking her own world record to win the meter hurdles on August 4. McLaughlin's time was Muhammad's time is the second-fastest in history. From left, Italy's Simone Consonni and Filippo Ganna celebrate after setting a new world record and winning a gold medal in the team pursuit event on August 4. Canadian sprinter Andre De Grasse lies on the track after winning the meter final on August 4.
It's the first Olympic gold for De Grasse, who won bronze in the this year and was the silver medalist in the five years ago. Emmanuel Korir, left, crosses the finish line just ahead of fellow Kenyan Ferguson Rotich to win gold in the meters on August 4. Kenyan runners have won the at the last four Olympics. Singaporean swimmer Li-Shan Chantal Liew grabs a drink while competing in the kilometer open-water event on August 4.
She won the bronze in her much-anticipated return to competition. Sweden's Armand "Mondo" Duplantis competes in the pole vault final on August 3. He would go on to win the gold. Mu, 19, won the gold and is the second-youngest meter champion in history. Rodgers won the bronze. Poland's Anita Wlodarczyk celebrates after winning gold in the hammer throw on August 3. Wlodarczyk is the first woman to win a specific individual athletics event three times in a row at the Olympic Games.
He would go on to win gold. Jamaica's Elaine Thompson-Herah reacts after defending her crown in the meters on August 3. She also won gold in the meters on Saturday. She's the first-ever woman to win the and double at consecutive Olympic Games. Biles now has seven Olympic medals, tying her with Shannon Miller for the most by an American gymnast.
German sailors Erik Heil and Thomas Ploessel jump into the water as they celebrate winning bronze in the 49er category on August 3. Athletes compete in a meter heat on August 3. Norway's Karsten Warholm celebrates after winning gold in the meter hurdles on August 3. Warholm finished the race in Japan's Sena Irie, right, celebrates after defeating the Philippines's Nesthy Petecio to win the women's featherweight final on August 3.
Germany's Malaika Mihambo won gold in the long jump on August 3. She leapt from third to the top of the leaderboard on her final attempt. South Africa's Kyle Blignaut competes in the shot put on August 3. Denmark's Viktor Axelsen is applauded after receiving his badminton gold medal on Monday, August 2. He is the first player from outside of Asia to win Olympic gold in men's singles in more than 20 years. She is the first openly transgender woman to compete in the year history of the Olympics.
This photo, taken underwater, shows Greece's Evangelia Papazoglou and Evangelia Platanioti competing in artistic swimming on August 2. Artistic swimming used to be called synchronized swimming at the Olympics. Jade Carey, a US gymnast who won gold in the floor exercise, places her medal over the neck of her father and coach, Brian, on August 2.
Runners compete in the 3,meter steeplechase on August 2. They agreed to share the gold medal in high jump after they both cleared 2. Beside them is bronze medalist Maksim Nedasekau of Belarus. No one was given a silver medal. Makhmudov went on to win a silver medal. Cyclists from New Zealand competes in a team pursuit heat while China's Zhong Tianshi, left, takes a break on August 2. American Valarie Allman celebrates winning the gold medal in the discus on August 2.
Dutch runner Sifan Hassan celebrates after winning her 1,meter heat on August 2. Hassan won despite falling down at the beginning of the last lap. She tripped over another runner but got up and raced past the field.
Puerto Rico's Jasmine Camacho-Quinn leads the field on her way to a gold medal in the meter hurdles on August 2. It was Puerto Rico's second-ever gold medal and its first in track. Chile's Humberto Mansilla competes in hammer throw qualifications on August 2.
Greece's Miltiadis Tentoglou competes in the long jump on August 2. Both he and Cuba's Juan Miguel Echevarria had a top jump of 8. Brazilian gymnast Rebeca Andrade poses with her medals on August 2. During these Games, she won gold in the vault and silver in the individual all-around.
Polish table-tennis player Natalia Partyka, who was born without a right hand and forearm, eyes the ball during a doubles match on August 2. In the foreground is South Korea's Choi Hyo-joo.
Partyka has competed in both the Olympics and the Paralympics. He finished the race in 9. Dressel went on to win with an Olympic record time of He won five golds in Tokyo. British diver Tom Daley, who has a whole Instagram account devoted to his hobby of knitting and crochet, works on a new creation while watching the women's 3-meter springboard final on August 1.
On his Instagram Stories, he revealed he was making a "jumper," or sweater, for a French bulldog. Daley picked up the hobby during the pandemic. Brazilian gymnast Rebeca Andrade won gold in the vault on August 1. Germany's Alexander Zverev reacts after winning his gold-medal tennis match on August 1.
He defeated Russian Karen Khachanov , The United States' Isaiah Jewett, left, and Botswana's Nijel Amos help each other to their feet after falling during an meter semifinal on August 1. They embraced and went on to finish the race together. Field hockey players from Spain warm up before their match against Belgium on August 1. During the medal ceremony for the women's shot put, the United States' Raven Saunders lifted her arms above her head and made an X with her wrists. When the silver medalist was asked what the gesture meant, she explained that "it's the intersection of where all people who are oppressed meet.
Shout out to all my people dealing with mental health," she said. China's Fan Yilin competes in the uneven bars final on August 1. Dutch sailor Kiran Badloe jumps into the water to celebrate after winning gold in the men's RS:X category on August 1. Venezuela's Yulimar Rojas celebrates after setting a new world record in the triple jump on August 1. On her last jump of the night, she jumped It is Rojas' first Olympic gold medal.
French boxer Mourad Aliev refused to leave the ring after he was disqualified in his bout against Frazer Clarke on August 1. His protest lasted about an hour. He was disqualified for what the referee determined was an intentional headbutt.
Australian swimmer Emma McKeon dives into the pool at the start of the meter freestyle final on August 1. She won her third gold in Tokyo and set an Olympic record time of Saunders, who stood out with her eye-catching mask and her green and purple hair, won the silver.
Kajaia went on to win a silver medal. Divers warm up ahead of the women's 3-meter springboard finals on August 1. Finke won the gold after racing down Romanchuk and Wellbrock in the final 50 meters. Finke also won gold in the meter freestyle earlier in these Olympics. He went on to win gold, holding off Slovakia's Rory Sabbatini by one stroke.
Members of the Dominican Republic's volleyball team line up before a match against Kenya on July Thompson-Herah won gold and was followed by Fraser-Pryce and Jackson. Thompson-Herah crosses the finish line first in the meters. Fraser-Pryce, center, won this event in and Bencic won , , Poland won the Olympics' first-ever mixed relay in the 4x meters. US diver Hailey Hernandez competes in the 3-meter springboard on July American swimmer Caeleb Dressel competes in the meter butterfly on July He finished in Russian fencers celebrate after winning gold in the team sabre event on July Sweden's Armand "Mondo" Duplantis competes in the pole vault on July He holds the world record in the event.
Dutch field hockey players run from sprinklers after pre-match warmups on July Jamaican sprinter Elaine Thompson-Herah celebrates after winning gold in the meter dash on July She set an Olympic record time of Kenya's Mercy Moim spikes the ball during a volleyball match against the Dominican Republic on July Members of New Zealand's rugby team hug after defeating France to win gold on July
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