Today is National Girls and Women in Sports Day. The hashtag is trending on Twitter, and social media is flooded with photos and stories of women who are kicking butt and taking names in the sports industry. Women in the industry are sharing about their journey into the sports world as well as flashback photos of them as children in a variety of team uniforms and sports gear. Some are posting advice and even reaching out to women who may one day want to pursue a career in sports to send DMs asking for advice.
For every photo of a women clad in business attire holding a microphone on a field or a court, and for every woman in sneakers holding a camera, and for every woman with a cell phone posting to official team social media — for each of those posts, there are also posts of women recounting the times they’ve been harassed by a male co-worker or asked to do something that wasn’t in their job description.