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MadrasT

(7,237 posts)
Fri Aug 3, 2012, 12:22 PM Aug 2012

Year of the Woman: For first time all Olympic teams include female athletes

This is a couple days old and I am still a little choked up about it.



Year of the Woman: For first time all Olympic teams include female athletes

Published: 28 July, 2012, 06:06

This year’s Summer Games have been dubbed ‘Olympics 2012: Year of the Woman’ as for the first time in history women are represented in all participating national teams and comprise a record 45 per cent of all athletes.

The first female Olympic athletes from Saudi Arabia, Brunei and Qatar appeared at the opening ceremony in London on Friday, ending these nations’ longstanding practice of sending male-only teams to the world’s biggest sporting event.

"This is a major boost for gender equality," International Olympic Committee president, Jacques Rogge, said addressing 60,000 spectators and thousands of athletes at the opening ceremony.

More at link: http://www.rt.com/sport/london-olympic-women-team-275/


It made me cry in a good way and in a bad way at the same time.

It is so awesome that they got to go.

It is so awful that in 2012 it is the very first time, and that so many women still have such a long way to go to be viewed as equal human beings.

This was probably already in GD or something but I wanted to share it here with y'all especially.
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