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'Girls please stay in the kitchen' — as skateboarding debuts at the Olympics, beware of the lurking misogyny

  • Written by Brigid McCarthy, Lecturer in Journalism, La Trobe University
'Girls please stay in the kitchen' — as skateboarding debuts at the Olympics, beware of the lurking misogynyKeith Birmingham/AP/AAP

Skateboarding will make its Olympic debut this year at the Tokyo Games.

The women’s and men’s competitions will both involve park and street events. In each, athletes perform optional skill sets within a time limit and are judged based on the combined difficulty and execution shown, similar to diving or...

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