Lydia Ko’s 'time of the month' comment showed how far sportswomen have come – and how much still has to change
- Written by: Holly Thorpe, Professor in Sociology of Sport and Physical Culture, University of Waikato
Getty ImagesLast weekend’s LPGA event in California will likely be remembered as much for what was said as the golf that was played. Asked about some on-course treatment she’d needed for back pain, world number three Lydia Ko replied matter-of-factly, “It’s that time of the month.”
The candid reference to her menstrual...
