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In reply to the discussion: 3 women are being honored with medals -- and 1 man decides to make it about him. [View all]smirkymonkey
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3 women are being honored with medals -- and 1 man decides to make it about him. [View all]
pnwmom
Aug 2016
OP
You don't think he stepped on the moments of the Gold and Bronze winners when he jumped
pnwmom
Aug 2016
#9
Oh, I hadn't thought of that. Perhaps so. But I wouldn't think it sexist. Thoughtless, perhaps.
nolabear
Aug 2016
#11
The stories that said an engagement ring is a bigger prize than an Olympic medal
pnwmom
Aug 2016
#13
Okay, but that's not the betrothed. I'm not denying sexism is rampant and ridiculous in these games
nolabear
Aug 2016
#33
He climbed up on the stage with the winners. He didn't belong there. He should have waited
pnwmom
Aug 2016
#8
And the Bronze winner? And all the women and girls who are being told in media reports
pnwmom
Aug 2016
#12
From the looks of it watching yesterday, the Bronze medalist looked thrilled to have won a medal.
Tommy_Carcetti
Aug 2016
#17
The Bronze medalist shouldn't have had to share attention with the guy who jumped on the stage
pnwmom
Aug 2016
#19
No, he planned it, obviously. No one carries a ring to a public event without knowing
pnwmom
Aug 2016
#22
He planned to give it to her after her event. And he knew there was a likelihood she'd
pnwmom
Aug 2016
#64
I agree. I'd rather have my husband than a medal. But an engagement ring isn't a PRIZE
pnwmom
Aug 2016
#181
They were still on the stage in front of the cameras. And he wasn't one of the winners. What don't
pnwmom
Aug 2016
#16
So there he is up on the stage where the ceremony is still happening and the three winners
Squinch
Aug 2016
#172
If it was done, they wouldn't be alone on the stage with only olympic officials when he came up.
Squinch
Aug 2016
#187
I would say that he shat all over the gold medalist's and bronze medalist's moment in the spotlight.
pnwmom
Aug 2016
#7
The AP could have phrased their article better, but the entire Salon piece just comes off...
Tommy_Carcetti
Aug 2016
#32
One more "Trust me" and I'm going to think I'm talking to Donald Trump here.
Tommy_Carcetti
Aug 2016
#175
He was on the stage where only the winners and the olympic offical were. He did not belong there.
Squinch
Aug 2016
#197
Here's the video. You can get back to me with an apology after you watch it
PoutrageFatigue
Aug 2016
#83
I've seen it. And the women were still standing up there together, having photos taken,
pnwmom
Aug 2016
#84
The women were off the podium but on the larger stage, standing together as a group,
pnwmom
Aug 2016
#135
The reporters at the scene used the word "during." And the women were not walking toward
pnwmom
Aug 2016
#142
Professing his love for the woman he wants to partner with for the rest of his life...
PoutrageFatigue
Aug 2016
#140
If a male Olympian gets engaged, how many people would think that a new ring is a bigger prize?
pnwmom
Aug 2016
#42
That's not the issue. The point is that the media is acting like the proposal is a bigger deal
pnwmom
Aug 2016
#93
So say your wife worked her whole life to achieve something, like say she got a degree
Squinch
Aug 2016
#162
I think those who are flaming here about bad feminists have created a hysteria that is only
Squinch
Aug 2016
#279
Especially if his fiance skipped up to the stage during his medal ceremony, got all the
Squinch
Aug 2016
#161
I think it's really annoying that the AP called the proposal an "even bigger prize".
sarae
Aug 2016
#27
I wonder if over-the-top destination weddings are only a U.S. thing. nt
JustABozoOnThisBus
Aug 2016
#36
And from your perspective, there's nothing wrong with the AP writer saying that getting a man
pnwmom
Aug 2016
#41
Both the article in the OP and this other article say it was during the ceremony.
pnwmom
Aug 2016
#59
The video clearly shows the others walking away after they take the picture.
Tommy_Carcetti
Aug 2016
#65
I did. They were still taking pictures when he inserted himself into the group photo,
pnwmom
Aug 2016
#89
The three women were standing on the stage having their pictures taken together.
pnwmom
Aug 2016
#91
If you interrupt the moment of triumph that your life partner has worked toward
Squinch
Aug 2016
#164
The three women have won the title of best divers in the world. And what is everyone talking about?
Squinch
Aug 2016
#263
The video clearly shows him walking up to the woman and interrupting her moment with the others. n/t
pnwmom
Aug 2016
#76
No, it doesn't. The young woman were still on the stage, together, having photos taken
pnwmom
Aug 2016
#80
Yours is even better than the one I posted...but who are you going to believe?
PoutrageFatigue
Aug 2016
#86
so the bride to be and other winners were in on it and ok with it and you only blame the man lol nt
msongs
Aug 2016
#61
So you're saying they didn't really meant it when they said it didn't bother them
melman
Aug 2016
#101
Just a silver? In the Olympics? What about the gold and bronze winners who got their moment
pnwmom
Aug 2016
#85
Maybe we could ask He Zi for her opinion before declaring the whole episode sexist.
bluestateguy
Aug 2016
#103
She's not the only one involved. There were the gold and bronze winners who had their celebration
pnwmom
Aug 2016
#104
Stating an opinion is SO bitter! And stating opinions makes for bad feminists. Just so you know.
Squinch
Aug 2016
#274
I'm not bitter. I just don't think this is the message society should be sending to our daughters --
pnwmom
Aug 2016
#118
Have you ever heard an athlete saying winning the Super Bowl or World Series.....
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
Aug 2016
#244
Someone makes a comment and you extrapolate that it is what modern feminism is ALL about.
Squinch
Aug 2016
#167
None of us know what they really felt. Most women would understand that women are trained to be
pnwmom
Aug 2016
#114
A reporter asked and they acted like they were fine with it. "Acted" being the operative word.
pnwmom
Aug 2016
#121
Women make nice and men believe them. Because if too many women said what they really think
pnwmom
Aug 2016
#241
This happens all the time at the finish line of tough mudder or spartan race.
AtheistCrusader
Aug 2016
#111
Regardless of the genders, I don't think anyone should tag onto an event like this
pnwmom
Aug 2016
#113
So say after the next men's event, a woman goes up on the stage while the three
Squinch
Aug 2016
#169
Chinese girls will be fine without being lectured by Western women on what to be offended by.
redgreenandblue
Aug 2016
#115
I'm not blaming the young woman -- she was surprised by it. It's the young man who
pnwmom
Aug 2016
#119
You are focused on the one athlete but there were two others whose moment onstage,
pnwmom
Aug 2016
#139
It isn't ethnocentric. This is a fad in the US, also. And the AP that carried the story about
pnwmom
Aug 2016
#138
She's not the only one involved. There were two other women, the gold and bronze winners,
pnwmom
Aug 2016
#136
Except they didn't. They'd received their medals, heard the anthems and left the podium.
PoutrageFatigue
Aug 2016
#145
Wait - so he did NOT get into the middle of the ceremony to propose? It was over?
jmg257
Aug 2016
#158
The women were still on the stage, posing together for photos, when he interrupted.
pnwmom
Aug 2016
#200
You are revealing YOURSELF. I made no generalized comments about men. Just about the actions
pnwmom
Aug 2016
#249
Ew. I haven't been following the Olympics very closely, but I did see a clip of this and
catbyte
Aug 2016
#157
Seems like the opinions are either for or strongly against, and the division is along clear
Squinch
Aug 2016
#170
The idea is very deeply ingrained that approval or affection from men or a man
Squinch
Aug 2016
#193
Well he's just subjugating her and corralling people into his lifestyle choices and blah blah blah.
Tommy_Carcetti
Aug 2016
#180
Completely different circumstances . He didn't jump on stage and get in the middle
pnwmom
Aug 2016
#195
They were still getting their picture taken when he went on the stage and stood with them.
pnwmom
Aug 2016
#202
No it doesn't. The photographers were still taking pictures of the women when he turned up, and the
pnwmom
Aug 2016
#208
Multiple shots were being taken by multiple cameras. This one doesn't show him. n/t
pnwmom
Aug 2016
#224
The ceremony WAS still happening, but aside from that, what is EVERYONE talking about?
Squinch
Aug 2016
#213
Actually I watched the event on TV the night before and didn't know about the proposal until....
Tommy_Carcetti
Aug 2016
#218
She wasn't the only one. What about the gold and bronze medal winners whose moment onstage
pnwmom
Aug 2016
#184
I doubt if most Olympians agree their medal comes from "a corrupt international drug and
pnwmom
Aug 2016
#209
And I would anticipate that most non-sociopaths would like their loved ones to
Squinch
Aug 2016
#215
Oh, look! Three medal winners on the stage! What is that photo about? Their great
Squinch
Aug 2016
#219
You do know that this was a press photo taken after the ceremony, right?
Tommy_Carcetti
Aug 2016
#220
Yes, I know, but it was supposed to be a press photo about the winners, wasn't it?
Squinch
Aug 2016
#221
This is the sort of nonsense the lable "SJW" was used for before it was turned into a RW slur.
Odin2005
Aug 2016
#269
I mean, halfway around the world some nine-year-old girl who was never allowed to go to school
NuclearDem
Aug 2016
#276
Oh no, more patriarchal upstaging of women by men with a marriage proposal!!!
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
Aug 2016
#242
Not at all the same. The woman proposed-to wasn't approached onstage after getting a medal,
pnwmom
Aug 2016
#243
So, women are dishonest before some male asks them to marry them? I never could understand
appleannie1
Aug 2016
#251
You'll have to ask Salon's Mary Elizabeth Williams what she meant
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
Aug 2016
#255
Yeah but before that comment, the swimmer herself had credited her husband for her success
davidn3600
Aug 2016
#265