International Women’s Day: Celebrating Team USA women’s hockey
On International Women’s Day, let’s celebrate the female heroes of Team USA’s women’s hockey
Following their gold medal win at the 2018 Winter Olympics, the Team USA women’s hockey team has been doing a huge tour. They’ve been getting significantly positive ovations no matter where they go. Perhaps it’s fitting the women’s team is still in the spotlight on International Women’s Day.
While it’s not an official holiday, it’s still an important day. It’s a day to acknowledge the phenomenal, strong, compassionate, and powerful women all across the world. And there might not be a more impressive female sports team out there than the gold medal-winning Team USA women’s hockey team.
It’s fitting Team USA won the gold medal at the 2018 Olympics. Because even before they stepped on the ice in South Korea, they were champions off the ice. Roughly a year ago, the women’s team saw an injustice. They weren’t getting fair pay or equal access to equal equipment. This despite the women’s team being far more successful as of late than the men’s team.
They did what they knew was right. The women’s team fought for equality. And this wasn’t just for themselves. This was for women everywhere. It was a statement to women’s hockey players everywhere. A fight for equality for all female athletes.
I can say this comfortably as a white man. Heck, if you saw me, you’d probably think I’m a vampire. I’m borderline translucent. While I can’t comprehend how it feels to be treated unequally like women do, I can say that I notice the inequality. I think I speak for all hockey fans when I say I can’t help but admire the strong women of Team USA women’s hockey.
They were willing to put a lot on the line in order to fight for what they believed in. The way they backed up everything they declared is an incredible story. You could write down everything the women’s team went thru in the past year and sell it to me as a script. I’d probably say, “this seems pretty unbelievable”.
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Luckily, the women didn’t see it that way. They saw what they wanted, both on and off the ice. The women fought for it until they got their prize. In today’s world, females need strong role models. There are no better role models out there in the sports universe than Team USA.