Height, weight, body shape, body type. On a daily basis, women are confronted by what the supposed “ideal” body looks like, across all walks of life from Instagram to the cover of magazines, and England cricketer Tammy Beaumont wants to shift the narrative towards what a body is capable of, rather than what it looks like.
Women’s sport is bigger than ever before and it will only continue to grow. But there are still articles written debating a player’s choice of eyelash extensions rather than their performances, and on the biggest stage and the pinnacle of women’s sport, it was a sexism debate involving the president of a football federation that overshadowed the achievements of the players themselves at the recent Women’s World Cup final.
