Sexism is a thing in sport. Women athletes routinely earn less than their male counterparts, and management bodies – like corporations – are dominated by men. So perhaps it makes sense that the biggest sports extravaganza in the world is bound to see big time sexism too.

The Olympics began with NBC spokesperson John Miller blaming women for the amount of advertising aired during the opening ceremony, "More women watch the Games than men, and for the women, they’re less interested in the result and more interested in the journey. It's sort of like the ultimate reality show and mini-series wrapped into one."

It could only go downhill from there. From men being cited as the reason for a woman athlete's success to three-time Olympian Corey Cogdell-Unrein being called the "wife of Bears' linesman", it's all happening at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

The video above highlights this fact. Tracing the history of incidents of the past few years – from Canadian tennis star Eugenie Bouchard's being requested to twirl after a victory to even an established superstar like Serena Williams's being asked why she didn't "smile" after a match, the pattern is established. At the Olympics, where only 20 per cent of reporters are women, the appearance of a female athelete is commented on twice as often as men.

Sometimes it's commenters on social media who complain about the hair of gold medalists, but other times it's people in positions of power, like a former London mayor calling volleyball players "semi-naked women...glistening like wet otters".

In India, TV news anchor Rajdeep Sardesai recently asked tennis player Sania Mirza when she was likely to "settle down". After Mirza called him out for it, he apologised and accepted that he would not have asked a male athlete a similar question.

And it's not just women in sports who are forced to bear the brunt of this male gaze, it's also the women sports reporters. Case in point: West Indies cricketer Chris Gayle saying to a reporter, "Don't blush, baby" after asking her out for drinks and complimenting her appearance.

While the video above has gone viral, here's another proving that this sexist representation is not limited to sports. It is a supercut featuring Democratic nominee for the US Presidential elections, Hillary Clinton, facing nearly 40 years of sexism in interviews. Some choice questions: "What about the comparisons to Lady Macbeth? Where does that come from?" or a comment like "Men won't vote for Hillary Clinton because she reminds them of their nagging wives".

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