With fewer than ten countries amassing almost 50% of all Olympic medals, there is a clear systemic anomaly in the distribution of Olympic achievement. Yet, while many have attempted to answer the question of why this phenomenon even exists, the true answer may not be so simple.
Financial achievement has historically been deemed the epitome of success, but a new generation of workers may be prioritizing well-being and personal satisifaction over income.
These women should be commended for what they do achieve rather than criticized for what they don’t; expectations should be minimal and consistent across gender.
“Buildings inside the hills in Columbia”, is what internationally acclaimed rapper Kanye West tweeted when visiting Colombia, the country that served as inspiration for his Grammy-nominated album, The Life of Pablo. A tribute to the drug lord and narcoterrorist Pablo Escobar, the album hit more than three billion streams worldwide in its first year. Yet, West was unable to correctly name the country whose history he was profiting off. Like many around the world, his knowledge of Colombia was limited to a glorified version of kingpins and drug trafficking, void of research and fact-checking.
