Gregory's Server@saltphoenix Sorry, but I disagree with the conclusion: Sevval’s equipment is less minimal, starting with the huge hearing-protection she wears and her pose doesn’t have anywhere near the same “I’m just pointing a gun while being completely chill”-energy.
She looks much more like a professional athlete, showing significantly more tension in her body, which is of course completely fine, but Yusuf went viral specifically because he doesn’t.
And it isn’t about men vs women either: Yeji Kim (a woman!) went viral BEFORE Yusuf did and did so because she too was noteworthy in her presentation. It’s about subverting expectations in an interesting way that matters.
@saltphoenix To extend on that a bit more: Both Yeji and Yusuf won silver, not gold. Yet few people have heard about those who won gold. Clearly showing that this is not about “who is best?”, but about “who amongst those that are really good is interesting?”.
Claiming sexism here is in fact actively harmful, because of how easy it is to debunk the accusation and thereby take credibility away from cases where sexism might genuinely play a role. It’s the “crying wolf”-problem all over again!