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Female Olympians fight back against shamers and haters

The Olympics may have provided us with a global exhibition of some seriously retrograde ideas about athletes and femininity, but they have also provided us with something even more important, and that’s the sight of female athletes fighting back.

This entire article and all of its accompanying links makes me want to cheer and weep at the same time.

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I already wanted to slug some evolutionary biologists over their comments. This is so ridic.

I'm glad we're starting to see backlash--but those women shouldn't have to.