Gordon Monson’s coverage of the Utah-UCLA blowout begins with a comment about the Utes’ Buckeye-esque uniforms, then reads they “could show up in fuchsia pumps, dusty-violet culottes, pink crop tops and purple feather boas” and still dominate.

Really what Monson is saying is that the Utes could have been athletic and successful even if they had been dressed like women. I understand his use of exaggeration to make a point, but the undercurrent of using women as a way to insult or demean men is obvious.

Jabs like “you throw like a girl” or “my sister could have done better” are outdated and hurtful, but the culture of “women as inferior” will remain as long as mainstream writers in popular influential news outlets continue to use verbiage like this.

Stacey Bank, Salt Lake City

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