Why some female Olympic athletes are referred to as 'ladies' instead of 'women'
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- The naming of events at the Winter Olympics offers an odd inconsistency in which female athletes are sometimes referred to as "women" and others are "ladies."
- It turns out the IOC does not have an editorial stance on which term to use and defers to the individual sports.
- A new program aimed at eliminating the portrayal of gender bias could lead to more consistency in how events are named.
At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, 2,952 athletes are expected to compete and 43% of them are female, an all-time high.
Despite the record numbers, the games still seemingly can't agree on one small detail — should the female athletes be referred to as "women" or "ladies"?See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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