I am not an athletic person-- ask anyone. I have tried just about every sport on this planet and have managed to fail at every single one of them. Seriously. Basketball, lacrosse, cross country, track... you name it. But when events like March Madness, the Super Bowl, or the Olympics happen, I am suddenly the most athletic person on the planet. I will admit though, I watch gymnastics and not much else (shoutout to my girls Aly Raisman and Simone Biles for their AWESOME WIN. If you haven’t watched it I highly recommend it).

So, when I was watching the Olympics today, I decided to branch out a little and watch the Women’s Beach Volleyball Quarterfinal. I was so awed by these women's’ athletic abilities, I barely noticed when the sport’s announcer started going off about how talented one of the woman’s HUSBAND was. I was so astonished that this guy was actually talking about her husband when she was literally playing volleyball at the Olympics. Not only that, they won the Quarterfinal as well!!

We have definitely been hearing about the sexism at the Olympics: first with the infamous “Wife of a Bears’ Lineman” tweet (Corey Cogdell won a gold medal and the Chicago Tribune described her as a “Wife of a Bears’ Lineman), and second with almost every sports announcer ever saying Katie Ledecky “swims like a guy". So, naturally, I decided to add my own opinion into this.

I was reading some tweets on this and there were actually people who thought that this happens to men as well. I’m going to stop you right there. No. This does not happen to men, nor will it ever. Michael Phelps will never be looked at as “husband of former Miss California 2010.” Ryan Lochte would probably get offended if we said he "swam like a girl." Just look how offended male athletes got in this video where they were asked the same questions female athletes get asked.

We live in a society where women are objectified as pieces of flesh, as shown when Rio promised the "sexiest ever" Olympic's opening ceremony. They said "‘This is Brazil, after all, where the female body is celebrated like no other place on Earth." If the female body is celebrated then why don't we talk about the fact that a woman is raped every eleven minutes in Brazil?

We live in a society where catcalling should be considered a “compliment.” We live in a society where an insult would be that we “hit like a girl” or “cry like a girl” or basically “act like a girl.” We live in a society where women receive .78 cents for every dollar a man makes.

We live in a society that has come very far in fighting misogynistic ideals, but not far enough. So no, this will never happen to men, and this shouldn't be happening to women.

These female athletes have worked their WHOLE LIVES to be able to compete in the Olympics, so let's respect them and keep the attention on them.