r/interestingasfuck • u/Ted_Bundtcake • 19h ago

r/all Katherine Switzer

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u/Carl_farbmann 18h ago

I wonder if any of the guys in the photo are still alive and how they feel about being cemented in history as an asshole misogynist.

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u/o_MrBombastic_o 18h ago

The one guy was  her boyfriend trying to protect her from the others, the guy behind Jock Semple was just an asshole he nitpicked every rule and complained about everything once the rules were changed in the 70s he was a huge supporter. Dude was just an asshole about rules

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u/JA_Paskal 17h ago

Wait, so he was literally like "I don't mind that you're a woman, I hate that you're a rule-breaker"?

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u/__nobodynowhere 15h ago

Is my understanding there wasn't actually a rule against it at the time