To the editor:
Athletic women are athletes first. After reading the front-page column on the U.S. women’s gymnastics team (“U.S. women gymnasts are not only giants, they are golden,” Aug. 9), where your writer informed us that the athletes are pixies, I eagerly turned to the “Rio 2016” section of the paper for equally descriptive reporting.
Will giants be competing in the men’s basketball event? Is Michael Phelps a dolphin in disguise?
I’m so glad to know that the IOC is now encouraging inter-species competition.
And regarding those “star-spangled leotards containing nearly 5,000 crystals each” described in the front-page column? Again, I couldn’t wait to see how Phelps’ speedo would be described. How about info on Ryan Lochte’s hair stylist?
Nothing. Color me disappointed.
They are all world-class athletes, regardless of gender, size, sport, or clothing.
Leslee Koritzke, Los Angeles
The author is a professor of psychology at L.A. Trade Technical College.
Note from KBJ: Why are feminists so humorless and joyless? Oh, wait; I know: the personal is political.
