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The Iranian women’s soccer team shows what real oppression looks like — after feminists’ Olympic bellyaching

The post-Olympics news cycle was a dizzying display of handwringing over the supposed victimhood of empowered, badass American female athletes.

If we were to believe much of our media and feminist commentators, these women had been disrespected by President Trump, who cracked a joke, and by the men of Team USA hockey, who laughed.

It led to an online geyser of anger and indignation on the women’s behalf.

Off the phony controversy, we heard the refrain that women athletes are treated like gum on the bottom of a shoe. BuzzFeed even crowdsourced microaggressions in a piece entitled, “Calling All Women’s Athletes, Share A Time When You Felt Mistreated Or Disrespected In Your Sport.”

But the truth is, American female athletes are the most privileged and, in many cases, best compensated, in the world. It’s why our women dominate. Beyond the top-notch resources at their disposal, they are free to marry whom they want, wear what they want and speak out on their pet causes — even on a world stage.

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