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Came across recent news controversy about French male cyclist getting a better traveling facilities their female counter part.
From the news published in English language media it seems The French Cycling Federation is defending their differential treatment on perceived chances of men bringing a medal.
1) Is it a case that French media talked about differential on basis of 'merit' but English media did not translate word merit properly?
2) Are there any examples of France's female sports winners have got preferential treatment for winning any games from their respective sports body?
3) What is Gender pay gap or is it equal for women in sports in western countries in general and France in particular? With citations if available and possible.
An article in Le Monde quotes the words of the technical director of the FCC, defending the decision in a telephone interview with AFP.[1] These quotes do not contain any term that could be translated as merit. They are fairly translated in a Yahoo!News article,[2] and copied identically in the road.cc article linked to above. --Lambiam07:45, 23 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not sure what you mean by question 3. Surely, you can read the article Gender pay gap and find out what the term means. There are clear gender pay gaps in sports, if you google "gender pay gap in women's sports" you get this as the very first link. It is not hard to find the information yourself without needing to involve anyone here. --Jayron3212:03, 23 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
This doesn't seem like a Gender pay gap thing at all; the first linked reference in your question quotes Christophe Manin: “If we had the mountain bike world championships in Australia with the same economic choice to make, we would put the two girls in business and the boys in economy". In this case it was the "star" team that got preferential treatment, not the men's or women's team. 2A01:E34:EF5E:4640:F81F:15C7:56E8:1694 (talk) 16:01, 23 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
As you rightly say the defense seems more like for special treatment for a movie star. Here what I am trying to confirm is, whether the differentiation being claimed to be fair is really fair (of course within limits of scope of this forum).
Questions like whether each of male team member had been successful previously, or is there any new entrant in that team.
Question 2 and 3 are distinct questions, seeking to cross check on over all background of gender equilibrium in French sports culture
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