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“Although the Olympic movement likes to present itself as inclusive and meritocratic, this was not always the case. The ‘father’ of the modern Olympics, Pierre de Coubertin, had opposed the inclusion of females at the Games, stating ‘Olympics with women would be incorrect, unpractical, uninteresting, and unaesthetic.’. An early IOC statement on the question declared, ‘We feel that the Olympic Games must be reserved for the solemn and periodic exaltation of male athleticism with internationalism as a base, loyalty as a means, arts for its setting, and female applause as its reward.'”
– Schotts Sporting, Gaming, and Idling Miscellany
Interested in attitudes towards women in the Olympics historically? This was a nice little article capturing some of the history.
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