Current Events > Outrage after reporter called gold medalist 'manly girl'

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https://news.yahoo.com/tokyo-olympics-2021-chinese-gold-medalist-faced-with-absurd-line-of-questioning-described-as-manly-woman-053738890.html

After you win an Olympic gold medal, the first thing you would expect to be asked about is the winning performance. Something along the lines of how it feels to officially be the best in the world at your given sport.

Unfortunately for Chinas Gong Lijiao, after winning the gold medal in womens shot put, the post-event interview focused solely on her relationship status, rather than her triumph. She was also absurdly described as a manly woman during the segment.

The interview was conducted by the Chinese state media channel CCTV, which asked Gong a number of highly personal questions, including both when she would marry and if she had plans for children.

Nothing on one of the most dominating shot put performances ever seen, but instead if she had plans for a womans life?

The asinine line of questioning caused many Chinese citizens to come to the defence of their new Olympic champion on the popular social media platform Weibo.

One of the trending hashtags was Is marriage the only thing that can be talked about women?

Clearly, the female reporter from CCTV thought so.

Gong is a better person than most, however, as no one wouldve blamed her if she decided not to give the interviewer the time of day. Instead, the 32-year-old decided to take the high road.

I may look like a manly woman on the outside, but inside Im still more of a girl, she said in response to the inappropriate label.

She was also asked: Since you used to be a manly woman for shot put, do you feel you can be yourself from now on?

Gong responded, Um maybe Ill look at my plans. If I dont train then perhaps I will lose weight, get married and have children. Yes, its the path one must take in life.

One good thing to come out of all this is that Gong now has hundreds of new fans in her corner. One popular post on Weibo claimed that Its not that she cant get married, its that no man is her match.

That truly might be the case as Gongs performance was so dominant, all five of her throws wouldve been good enough for the gold medal.

Not too shabby if you ask us.



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Imagine going up to someone right after winning an Olympic gold medal and asking "Now that you've done all this, can you stop and be a normal woman like the rest of us?"

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Are they allowed to criticize Chinese state media in China?

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Id bang a Gong

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codey posted...

Imagine going up to someone right after winning an Olympic gold medal and asking "Now that you've done all this, can you stop and be a normal woman like the rest of us?"

I kind of feel sorry for the athlete.

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She does seem very handsome.

BilalPowell posted...

Are they allowed to criticize Chinese state media in China?

Probably not a good move.

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I mean... let's be real guys, she does look very masculine.

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LostForest posted...

I mean... let's be real guys, she does look very masculine.

Does the "reporter" need to call this out?

And follow-up with all the other shit?

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This is perfectly appropriate. I'd say it needs to go further, in that we should be asking all manly-looking women we encounter in daily life why they aren't trying to be more feminine.

/s just in case

Some people could be confused for the other gender. Feminine guys can be confused as women. I could see people confusing her for a guy. Unprofessional of the reporter though.

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R1masher posted...

Id bang a Gong

Steady on champ, shes not T-Rex

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Ugh I didn't read the OP and thought it was a guy

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brestugo posted...

Does the "reporter" need to call this out?

And follow-up with all the other shit?

No, not at all. It is pretty uncalled for and def not something they should be saying to her face.

I'm just saying, because I think the world needs to destigmatize the idea that there can be feminine men and masculine females.

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