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We shouldn’t have to wait for the Olympics every 4 years to see women celebrated as equally as men

JANET BAGNALL, The Montreal Gazette – Wed 20 August, 2008

Also, women should be allowed to compete in the all same sports as men. That includes boxing and ski-jumping, both of which the IOC has rejected for women on the spurious grounds that the sports are too demanding. This is an annoying vestige of the attitude that saw women banned outright when the modern Games were resurrected in 1896 – as is the IOC’s rule that the bikini is mandatory for women competing in beach volleyball, while male players wear loose shorts and tops.

Finally, the IOC has to ban the participation of countries that do not allow women onto the teams they field. Saudi Arabia and Qatar both sent all-male teams to Beijing this year, in direct contravention of the IOC charter that states that discrimination on the basis of sex is “incompatible” with being a member of the Olympic movement. . .

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