Jenny Nguyen says she realized the only way she and her friends would be able to watch women's sports at bars was if she started her own. So she did.
In the U.S., that number is 95 per cent, with a 30 year study revealing "little change" in the proportion of coverage in that time,Every wall and surface of The Sports Bra, a sports bar in Portland, Ore., is covered in women's sports memorabilia. Owner Jenny Nguyen says her bar, which only shows women's sports on its televisions, shouldn't feel any different from the average sports bar.
But the idea didn't fully form until 2020. That's when Nguyen, moved by protests in the U.S. after the death of George Floyd, wondered if she could use her love of sports and training as a chef to create a space for more equality.Sabrina Domingo, a regular at the Sports Bra, a Portland, Ore., bar that shows only women's sports, says she comes to the spot so she can enjoy the camaraderie of watching women’s sports with other fans.
Sabrina Domingo says she enjoys the camaraderie of watching women's sports with other fans in an environment where she can "feel relaxed." Despite the very limited amount of women's sports Nguyen was able to find to showcase at The Sports Bra, she says she still received backlash online from people who labelled her bar sexist for choosing to show only women athletes. The criticism wasn't something she was expecting, given the huge number of sports bars that show men's sports, but soon other fans were defending her choice.
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