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Women sports broadcasters and reporters have come a long way. There was a time when women were treated almost like barbarians when it came to reporting on a specific team or game. Women were not allowed in the press box. Women were not allowed to use the same press box bathrooms as men. Women were not allowed in the locker room to get their stories. It was a tough for them to get their jobs done because of the restrictions placed on them. This site goes deeper into those restrictions.

Having been born at the tail end of the 80s, I can say that my knowledge of the 70s is hazy at best. I had no idea that there had been such a televised event of a high profile tennis match between a man and a woman. In this source you will find a three minute video that recounts this event. Although it may not seem to initially relate to the photograph or the photograph's message, the high profile match is symbolic of the sort of tension many men and women faced during the 1970s. I'd like to think in some way the tennis match between Billie Jean Kind and Bobby Riggs sort of embodies the quote, "I am your worst fear I am your best fantasy."