I came across this video a couple of weeks ago and it still sticks with me. When these interview questions are portrayed like this it makes it so obvious how incredibly irrelevant they are! I thought I’d help this organization spread this message as I don’t think the reporters making those questions realized how ignorant they sound. Of course they want to come up with interesting questions that attract traffic to their magazine/tv-show etc and they might not think twice about asking someone to “Twirl” in front of them.
However, I urge reporters (especially in the wakeboarding industry) to consider this question whenever they are covering a piece of a female athlete:
“Would I ask this question to a male athlete”
If the answer is no, maybe you should skip that question? And also, I know I have made the misstake before of not acknowledging questions that are inappropriate for what they are. It’s partly our responsibility, the athletes, to make sure we reply “I don’t think that is relevant” to the questions we don’t agree with.
Just some thoughts I wanted to share with you! Let’s change the conversation, one step at a time! 🙂
ps. I’d love to hear what you think, comment below!