#NoPodiumGirls fights for women's rights at cycling races
For quite some time now, women have been used as trophies to showcase cycling champions when they take the podium after winning a race.
With the hashtag #NoPodiumGirls, people around the world are fighting against this objectification of women on the podiums at the end of sporting events.
Female athletes, not models, belong in front of cameras - in cycling and every sport http://t.co/0woQHw3iRc#nopodiumgirls@RepresentPledge
— Meghan Morris (@MeghanEMorris) July 29, 2015
See the video below of a podium girl refusing to kiss a cycling champion:
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